There are some areas of our lives that are on life (read self) support and they need to die. “Life support” sustains a life that nature no longer can. In medicine it can give a severely injured or sick person a chance to recover. But in the spiritual life Christ never intended for us to have “life support”.
People on life support are non-functional, they do not interact with anyone, they are not conscious and cannot give life to others around them. People on life support are focused on sustaining what they have, even if it isn’t working very well. Instead of moving forward they are looking backward.
In life, God intended that there would be times of death and rebirth. Accepting Jesus is just one example of spiritual death and resurrection. But after we become Christians there are times and seasons that require us to die again. “Life support” – all of our efforts to remain where we are and resist the “death” that God is trying to bring – prevents us from moving into the new, the better that He intends for us.
Think about it. What areas of your life are non-functional? Not interacting with others? Not producing life around you, and in you? Turn off the ventilator. Stop trying to sustain the old life and trust Jesus to resurrect a new, better life for you. Read John 11 and Haggai 2.
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