The Weak Link

If you look at yourself, I mean really look at yourself, you will see that you have strengths.  Think of your two greatest strengths.  It could be your devotion to your spouse and family.  It could be your work ethic.  It could be the ability to lead others.  It could be the ability to follow orders.

Many see their worth or value, or self worth, based on how others see them.  But what happens when you are separated from the crowd and it is just you and God?  What happens when you are alone with your thoughts?  What happens when pressure mounts, do any weaknesses get exposed?  Does the weak link in your chain show up?

Let’s not talk about the weak link, let’s cover that up…

“If I talk about my weakness I make myself wide open for somebody to take a shot at me and I told myself a long time ago I would never let that happen again.”

The walls have gone up.  The defense mode is on and I have put on my GOD face for church.  Deep inside there is something, it is a weak link, if anything’s going to break, that’s what it will be.  It sounds something like this…

“You see I was hurt years ago by someone I trusted, I will never trust anyone like that again. So BITTERNESS has rooted in me and the fruit of it is poison!”

Or maybe someone did you wrong and took something or someone from you and they may still be in the church like nothing ever happened.  Meanwhile, you are so eaten with JEALOUSY it consumes you, “but as long as I keep that weak link covered up, I do ok.”

Or maybe someone you loved died way, way, way too soon and you never got past it. Deep inside ANGER has consumed you and whether you know it or not, that anger is directed toward God. “GOD… Why did you have to take them from me?”  That is the question the weak link inside of you cries out.

Perhaps LONELINESS is your weak link. Because you battle loneliness you open yourself up to things that are not pure.

And the list of weak links goes on and on and on.

They are the things that we have experienced in our lives that shaped us, crushed us and we, as of yet have not been freed from.  When pressures arise it is those weaknesses that cause a reaction that hurts and confuses everyone around us.

“It is these weaknesses that always surface when I try and move closer to God. It seems as soon as Pastor begins talking about times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, my weak link shows up!”

Satan stands as the accuser.  He hurls accusations against God’s children trying to bring guilt, shame and condemnation.

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Romans 8:1-2
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,  because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

Revelation 12:10-11
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

Jesus said...

John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Isaiah 10:27
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

The power of God breaks the weak link and replaces it with His strength.

Ephesians 6:10-18

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.  Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,  and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.  In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.  And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

John 8:36
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

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