when i was living in sin- after a while - it was very clear to me that i literally felt like who i was in Christ was being suppressed. i had experienced what i believed God had created me to be... joyful, carefree person who was really happy. i was extremely unhappy in sin and i remember days when i would look in the mirror and say i am not happy at all...i can't even smile. there was no joy in my heart. my mind was not free... i had become a jealous, and angry person. it was not fun, at all. as soon as i walked the path of sin i felt myself turn into someone else inside. eww. 2.tim 2:20-26 talks about being taken captive to do the will of the devil. kinda scary.
Romans 8 says that the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. that is the most true statement i know of when it comes to you being the person Christ has made you to be. your mind is full of life and peace. you can think very clearly and calmly. all this was taken away and my mind was cloudy and never at peace. there is no peace for the wicked. you think of talking to people and you just can't. you have nothing to give and it's because the enemy has used your sin to suck the life of Christ out of you. without Jesus Christ you cannot do anything - john 15. it is so true. (and you're responsible for your sin...i don't want it to sound like when i refer to the enemy that i'm blamming him. i am only saying that he will use your sin against you and he will gain authority in your life if you let him)
I was thanking God just today for the fact that i can think about things that are pure, right, things that are true. there is happiness and peace in my mind and heart. that i can just be myself...Gal 2:20
when you give yourself to Christ He truely makes you the person He wants you to be. That person is Jesus expressing Himself through your body and heart - your actions and the way you treat people...
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