Our Self-Pity Doesn’t Help Us, Part 2 (TMF:2271)

Monday, January 22, 2024
Peace to Live By: Our Self-Pity Doesn’t Help Us, Part 2 (TMF:2271) - Daniel Litton
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       The rivers inside our minds start flowing in the right directions, and we have room for positive thoughts. Having come to God, we have relinquished our guilt. In doing that, we have a new identity that isn’t saturated in guilt. So, we’re not a ‘small’ person anymore because God has raised us up. The Bible even says he has seated us with Jesus in Heavenly places. Pretty remarkable. Think about this, and you start to feel even better. That being true, not all Christians come to terms with this truth. All of us have made a decision whether we realize it or not inside of our minds. We have chosen to continue to follow after guilt or we have chosen to begin the process of giving it up, of letting it go. A serious problem for those who don’t wish to give it up is that guilt produces a high—it’s a self-pity high. Let’s be honest, it can feel good to wallow in self-pity. The problem with that is that self-pity denies the truth. It denies what God has said about us. And by being pitiful, we cannot pursue happiness.