When we take the time to look back at all the things we tried to fix on our own, we realize the failure rate is pretty high.  Now, don’t get me wrong there are some people out there who can MacGuyver the heck out of anything, but that doesn’t work on our souls.  The problem for most of us is our pride mixed in with about a thousand table spoons of shame.  We just know we can handle the situation and even have the guts to tell God we got it.  In the end, the only thing we get is shame, pain and fear and are usually too humiliated to even face God.  That in and of itself is a lie because he is omnipotent and will never turn on His Beloved.  We typically wait til it’s too late to get Group( Jesus, Holy Spirit, God) Therapy that the burdens have built up to the weight and the size of the sun.  This is what we do even when you read about history and even when you read about people in the bible who saw miracles and were with Jesus.  They all tried the self-help method and it never worked.  We hit rock bottom and then reach for the sky in the hope we can make it close to Heaven.  We are taught the self-help stuff from when we are kids and once we learn how to get our way we take hold of that and run with it.  I can tell you from personal experience that every time I have tried to self-help my soul I ended up self-hurt and running back to a place where I could medicate and numb that feeling.

I learned a pretty cool saying the other day and it was right on point, they said ” My best thinking, on my best day, Got me Here!”  When you place that in perspective and realize once you were in that place of darkness, dread or failure it was usually that plea to God to help you get out!  We so easily forget the blessings that God gives us and take for granted that everything we do should be for His Glory and not our own.  When we are in self-help mode we point fingers and always have someone to blame.  I read the other day that “we cannot blame God for all the bad that happens while we are praising Him for all the Good that happens at the same time.”  When we are in self-help mode we typically got ourself there through choosing the way we know and not the way we grow.  Now when you sprinkle in brokenness and abuse the only way to deal with those things is on our own, again another lie from the enemy.  Then God has people to enter into our lives who have the wisdom of knowing how God saved them and then they share with you that it is not your fault.  They share with you that your innocence was taken from you and you can have a clean slate.  God will cover with His robe and Jesus with His Blood so that you will be in the refuge and fortress of the Most High and adopted as His son or daughter.  My friends throw away your self-help stuff and reach for your bible.  The next step is GROUP(Jesus, Holy Spirit, God) Therapy.  Once you experience the sweetness of Gods love, the kindness of His mercy and the fullness of His Grace, the shame, pain and fear will flee!  For every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord! Amen!

One Love, One King, All Christ