Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 160
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life Ministries
International
Littleton, Colorado
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One
of the greatest promises Jesus ever made to us is His giving of HIS PEACE to
us…not the peace the world gives or promises, but HIS! Is it any wonder the Apostle Paul stated that
this is the “peace that passes all understanding”?!?
Read
carefully what Michael tells us about OUR FAULT in not having Christ’s peace.
DAY 235
Returning To The Place We Never Left
Peace I
leave with you; My peace I give you.
I do not give to you as
the world gives. Do not
let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid. --John 14:27
There were two
sisters. One left home and never wanted to return because she remembered it as
a miserable place. The other left and always mourned for home; she could never
return but always wanted to. She
had never left home in her heart and therefore never really enjoyed her
new family. What was the difference between these two sisters? One, in her heart, kept
returning to the place she never left.
The prodigal son went to the pigpen, but actually he had
never left it. There was a pigpen in his heart, and so he had only returned to
the place that he had never left. We must leave the old place, the
pigpen, allowing the Lord to destroy the place. Let me explain. For
years I suffered with depression and suicidal thoughts. One day I prayed,
"Lord, I am leaving this place of suicidal thoughts; You have destroyed
it. I can no longer return there." Since that day, when the enemy brings the thoughts, I just say,
"I cannot go there; that place is dead. Satan will have to tempt me with
something else. That place I cannot return to." We have places of insecurity,
depression, guilt, sin, addiction, and flesh that we must allow Him to destroy.
How do we do that? It is
simple! Just say, “Jesus, I give you that place. Please destroy it so I can
never return there.” Once we pray, from that day forward when we are tempted to
go there we can remind ourselves that the place is gone; there is no place to
go. The truth is that
we too often--like the prodigal son for a time--have not truly grown sick of
the place and do not yet want to give it up. Do not worry; life is not supporting that decision,
and we will come to a place where we are sick of it and allow Him to destroy
it.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
It would do us well to often go back and read and meditate on God’s Word
in Philippians 4:6-9...and find God's simple instructions on how to enjoy Him
(God of peace) and His peace (peace which passes all understanding).
But, really, Michael gives us a simple truth that tells us why we are
not able to receive and appropriate the truths of Philippians 4…”The truth is
that we too often—like the prodigal son for a time—have not truly grown sick of the place and do not yet want to give it
up.” Ouch!!! How does that feel?
And, yet, Michael gives us great hope…”Do not worry; life is not
supporting that decision, and we will
come to a place where we are sick of it and allow Him to destroy it.” Yay!!!
How many are thinking right now:
“Lord, when will I ever get
to that place where I am sick of “the place” (the pigpen, the old place,
that _____________ ) ?”
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