Overcome the spirit of control

God likes faith. But God dislikes it when we surrender to the spirit of control, which engages us in an instant in envy, malice, strife, and other malevolence.

Fear works in each of us, and it is not the only cause of sin, but it is there and there so often that we must learn to be aware of our fear and how it triggers inappropriate attitudes and behaviors.

The fear is in all of us. It encourages the spirit of control, which insists on its own way.

The spirit of control doesn’t just exist in some nebulous perpetrator of abuse “out there.” It exists in us as part of our spiritual fabric. It bears witness to how the idols of our hearts are exposed. And we all have them.

Overcoming the spirit of control is about becoming aware, being honest in that awareness, and choosing to step away from our pride in the attitude and behavior of repentance.

God is pleased not when we expose the speck to someone else’s eye, but when we remove the trunk from our own. God is very pleased with us when we bear the fruit of repentance.

Beauty in life is possible when we give up our need for control. When we free others to be themselves, we experience freedom ourselves. This is the good fruit of repentance.

Once we have overcome the spirit of control that is driven by our fear, we can then be what God always wanted us to be: a blessing.

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