"Your Inner Compass"

Your Inner Compass

The Holy Spirit is your heart's compass. Your divine guide. But here's the "kicker:"
Since he is Holy and perfect, God can't invade a deceitful heart, a manipulative mind and worst; if the Lord sees that you're serving two masters: part of you in the secular humanity and part of you turn to God when you're in need. That means your soul is not right. That you're troubled with many things; That your measure of faith still depends on your surrounding circumstances. Your faith is still encumbered ; a "see-saw" perhaps. In short, you're lost. 

When you're on the mountaintop, you translate this to be God's divine provision which is true because God brings us to a season of exceeding abundance; however; when you're in the valley you experience trials, deep sorrows and even infirmities. And according to your faith, the length of your stay depends on your understanding on how God operates. If you've missed it because of your stubbornness, your full blessings are also curtailed and in halt. You can't trade divine treasures with earthly treasures. If you choose the latter, you'll be miserable and you may need an "endless ladder to reach heaven."

Never grieve the Holy Spirit deliberately. For He will leave you and you're on your own. I know we're not perfect but if we have Him as our true compass, we'll go through life with the evidence of His grace. With that, nothing should shake our faith to a point where we feel disconnected, strayed. I wish I could say that I've never done premature, selfish, arrogant ways but I did. We all did.

Our God is the God of order not confusion. So if He is truly in the throne of your life, every step you make is ordered by him and you delight in his way. (Psalm 37:23)

So how do we preserve and strengthen that compass in us? What my heart says has something to do with compassion, humility and  the joy of knowing and learning more of His Word. The more we immerse ourselves with His Word, we'll be more acquainted of how to overpower the devil's plots and tactics.
I also mentioned compassion because if we're heartless and not be able to feel and do something for others' pain & suffering, then we couldn't call ourselves sons and daughters of the Almighty God. He wants us to freely give our support financially, our time and services and our prayers. After all, everything that we have comes from Him. I don't know why still many people refuse to honor Him with our gifts. If we have the Holy Spirit, to be compassionate to our neighbors and to those in need won't be an issue but a grateful heart. Another one is humility. Oh, that's a "biggie." We all have tendencies to boast. We couldn't wait for other people to compliment our works. Is it necessary for us even to broadcast our fine achievements and accolades because deep inside we all need recognition. Why can't we be humble enough to be quiet like "deep waters?" There's always that sense of urgency waiting to be uplifted. We call that foolish pride.

But all these things that we're so fixated with are just what they are: things that leave us no comfort but more longings for something that will quiet our soul and our mind...We should ask: what should we give back to God for everything he gave and still giving to us? We should be thankful of His blessings; past, present & future. I pray that we all reconcile with the truth of God's promises. He is the only Way, the Truth and the Life...I know you believe that, too.

Thanks for reading and till tomorrow...