DO NOT ALLOW YOUR SOUL TO FALL INTO DECREPITUDE

“Bless the Lord, o my soul and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”—Psalm 103:2-5

 

 

Have you ever noticed a frail looking individual who walks bent over and moving very slowly with shuffling steps?  Usually we attribute such fragility to an older person or some one who may be suffering from some health problems.  And if you stop to talk to the individual they will usually tell you all of their problems, such as how weak, sick and tired they are.   The Scripture tells us that how we think about ourselves is who we really are, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he… (Proverbs 23:7), and “…For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34).

 

The image that we have of ourselves in our minds is how we will act.  If we have the mindset of being old and walking with a limp then that is how we will act.  If we see change our mindset then we can change our actions.  Some time ago, the Spirit of the Lord spoke these words to my heart, “The Church is old and decrepit in their soul.”  He went on to explain, that the Church’s soul is connected to their will and emotions which has been made old by the decrepit spirit. 

 

One of the definitions for the word decrepit means to fall into ruin or disrepair.  I believe that is what the Lord is getting across to us.  The enemy comes to influence how we think, and instead of casting down those thoughts we allow them to take root and grow, and then it is not long before we begin to “mirror” how we feel.

 

Do not allow your mind-set to fall into ruin or disrepair because when that happens you become bent over with the cares of the world, and become weak and sick; therefore, you are not able to carry out the “Great Commission”  that Jesus gave to the Church in Matthew 28:19-20, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

 

We, the Church are positioned by faith to stand tall, walking with our shoulders squared, and our head held high confident in God’s grace and ability abounding in us to every good work.

 

Prayer—Father, today, I purpose in my heart to cast aside every decrepit thought and feeling in my soul.  Lord, I thank You that I am positioned by faith to stand tall and that my confidence is in your grace and ability abounding in me to every good work, in Jesus Name. Amen.