Flattery leads to compromise- Compromise breeds false satisfaction- True satisfaction is found in Jesus.
Flattery leads to compromise:
We crave to be noticed. We find fulfillment, payment, worth- satisfaction in being noticed, observed, sought out, etc. Our hearts are consumed, our minds race and focus becomes our flattery. We quest the potential of flattery without ceasing. Every individual action or thought is centered around the motive of gaining attention. It is our female culture's fuel and worse, it is our sin nature.
Often we live in a strange bondage of obligation to be flattered. Our hearts tell us we need to be flattered- something is wrong without flattery. Perhaps we have/ are ugly, awkward, fat, lack of friends, rich, poor, outdated. Our hearts tell us compromise is the solution to our sinful belief of obligation.
We believe the lie our comfort is found solely in the favorable attention, perception and observation by others. We will compromise much for a small moment of comfort. We find joy in comfort. The question is whom or what do we find our comfort? And ultimately, that is what our joy is found in. What we find our comfort in defines who we are.
Examples of practical compromise: Ever "accidentally" shown up at the place "he" works? Lie/ create a false story to gain attention/ hear opinions/ start conversation? Know absurdly strange facts about odd topics/ objects that he expressed interest in, so you goggled it until the wee hours of the morning just so you would have conversation or impress???
Compromise breeds false satisfaction:
Flattery brings a false comfort that is only temporal. The comfort or satisfaction wears off and we want more. It is a cycle. Our hearts are conditioned to need satisfaction. We were created by , God the Father, to be satisfied . Continually we avoid or ignore the ultimate satisfy-er, Christ. Unless found in, or of Christ all other found satisfaction is false.
Continual compromise to be satisfied is exhausting. Satisfaction apart from Christ is not what we were created for. Joy ceases in the compromises we make to gain satisfaction (Lamentation 5:14-16).
Examples of false satisfaction: A high from texting relationships. Do you facebook creep and gain happiness, anger, etc. in knowing something negative about him/ she? Making "whoopie" outside of marriage and I don't mean pie. Anything that makes your heart flutter, and mind race apart from the character or nature of Christ.
True Satisfaction is found in Jesus:
You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. -Psalm 145:16
May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. -1 Kings 8:58
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. -James 4:8
If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. -1 John 3:20
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 3:20
We crave to be noticed. We find fulfillment, payment, worth- satisfaction in being noticed, observed, sought out, etc. Our hearts are consumed, our minds race and focus becomes our flattery. We quest the potential of flattery without ceasing. Every individual action or thought is centered around the motive of gaining attention. It is our female culture's fuel and worse, it is our sin nature.
Often we live in a strange bondage of obligation to be flattered. Our hearts tell us we need to be flattered- something is wrong without flattery. Perhaps we have/ are ugly, awkward, fat, lack of friends, rich, poor, outdated. Our hearts tell us compromise is the solution to our sinful belief of obligation.
We believe the lie our comfort is found solely in the favorable attention, perception and observation by others. We will compromise much for a small moment of comfort. We find joy in comfort. The question is whom or what do we find our comfort? And ultimately, that is what our joy is found in. What we find our comfort in defines who we are.
Examples of practical compromise: Ever "accidentally" shown up at the place "he" works? Lie/ create a false story to gain attention/ hear opinions/ start conversation? Know absurdly strange facts about odd topics/ objects that he expressed interest in, so you goggled it until the wee hours of the morning just so you would have conversation or impress???
Compromise breeds false satisfaction:
Flattery brings a false comfort that is only temporal. The comfort or satisfaction wears off and we want more. It is a cycle. Our hearts are conditioned to need satisfaction. We were created by , God the Father, to be satisfied . Continually we avoid or ignore the ultimate satisfy-er, Christ. Unless found in, or of Christ all other found satisfaction is false.
Continual compromise to be satisfied is exhausting. Satisfaction apart from Christ is not what we were created for. Joy ceases in the compromises we make to gain satisfaction (Lamentation 5:14-16).
Examples of false satisfaction: A high from texting relationships. Do you facebook creep and gain happiness, anger, etc. in knowing something negative about him/ she? Making "whoopie" outside of marriage and I don't mean pie. Anything that makes your heart flutter, and mind race apart from the character or nature of Christ.
True Satisfaction is found in Jesus:
You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. -Psalm 145:16
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May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. -1 Kings 8:58
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. -James 4:8
If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. -1 John 3:20
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 3:20
1 comment:
So true.
And we don't even know what we are really doing or what's motivating us half the time! Sometimes it's hard to realize b/c we are so use to living with it.
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