What brings you peace?
But to answer it, I have to ask a question which type of person are you?
Type 1: on groceries day, do you clean out the fridge and throw away everything that is expired? Do you wipe down the shelves?
Type 2: when the new groceries come, you just stick them in the fridge without wiping anything down or throwing away anything.
Being type one works better for me. But I’m very busy so sometimes I have to depend on someone else and live with the consequences.
So if you’re type one you probably are quick to throw out, expired food. It’s an easy decision but do you do that with things in your spiritual life?
There may be things in your life that don’t serve a purpose anymore because you are a new creation in Christ. Throw them out.
When the Holy Spirit prompts you to get rid of stuff, do it because you will find peace. When the Holy Spirit prompts you to end relationships that don’t serve his purpose, do it. People that cause you to sin aren’t his will for your life anymore. Separate yourself from them and find peace.
So to answer the question, when I obey the Holy Spirit, I find peace. When I obey his word, I have peace being in a right relationship with God, brings you peace.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23[g]gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Galatians 5
God tells us in his word how to get peace. He tells us how to get all these wonderful things mentioned above. They are ours when we live in a right relationship with him.
Don’t hang onto people that aren’t good for your spiritual walk. I’m not saying leave your husband or your kids – that’s not a godly thing to do. your circle of friends should be believers. The ones who you go to for advice should be believers. The people you live with should be believers (if you have roommates.) I don’t want to have to deal with somebody else’s craziness if they are an unbeliever. Their life is different than mine.
No, I’m not talking about opposite sex roommates that are in a bit of sin. It’s not OK to cohabitate before marriage thinking that oh we’re gonna get married as soon as we save up the money to get married. If this is you, you’re probably not a Christian. A Christian is someone who has submitted to the Lord ship of Jesus Christ. If you’re willfully, living in sin, you cannot submit it therefore, you’re not a Christian.
You may say oh, but the God, I serve, understands me and knows we’re going to get married. You can’t make up for God to suit your own wants- it’s like making up your own Bible. either go to the justice of the peace and have a ceremony later or live separately until marriage and you’ll find peace.
I’m going to be honest some things were harder than others to let go of. I threw away some new things that I hadn’t even used yet, but I found peace by doing so. True peace is only from the Holy Spirit so that is what brings me my peace.
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