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Place of Refuge
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 FREEDOM THROUGH SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION
- By Philip Yuson
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“Your mind must be renewed by a spiritual revolution so
that you can put on the new self that has been created in God's way, in
the goodness and holiness of the truth.” Ephesians 4:23-24
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In this
passage, one word stands out REVOLUTION! We often associate revolution
with something violent, turmoil and death. Although some people start
revolutions due to greed, generally speaking, revolutions happen because
of people's aspirations of freedom!
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Addicts
want to kick their habits but they can't because they are bound to
their addictions. Their addictions control them and so they are slaves
to their addictions.
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St. Paul
said that his will desires to do good, but his body does exactly the
opposite of what his will desires. This is true to everyone. This desire
to do what is contrary to our will is also addiction. We are all addicts
to our sinfulness. We look at ourselves and see that we want to kick off
a bad habit - but for some reason, we find it hard to do so.
Our addictions control us - making us slaves to them.
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Sad to
say, I have a lot of things that I need to get rid of in myself.
But the good news is that the Lord is not expecting me to get rid of
them all at once! He's given me a lifetime to do that. However, in every
stage of my relationship with Him, there is one thing that hinders me
from growing in my love for Him. This one thing is what I need to find
out AND fight against it.
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This is where the season of Lent comes in. During this
season, we take inventory of ourselves - and ask the Lord what
is it in us that hinders us from loving Him. If we are sincere about
this, the Lord will show us. Once we see this, we need to stage a
revolution against this addiction. With the grace of the Lord, we will
win over it.
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Jesus said that the truth will set you free, and when the
Son of Man sets you free, you shall be free indeed. This is a promise He
made and since Jesus is the Truth, this is a promise we can believe in.
We know that God is faithful and He wants us to have an abundant life.
So He will give us the grace to conquer this addiction. Everything now
depends on us to respond to this grace.
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St. Paul also says that the greater the sin, the greater
the grace. So the stronger this addiction holds us, the stronger and
greater is the grace of God.
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We need to do everything we can to respond to the Lord –
even to the extent of cutting off our contacts with our addiction.
This is what fasting during Lent is for. It teaches us to stay away from
the causes of our 'addictions' so that we can train our instincts and be
able to resist.
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This
season of Lent, may we then be able to see what hinders us from loving
the Lord. And may we be able to respond to His grace and stage a
revolution against this addiction so that Jesus, the Truth, will be able
to set us free.
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