Cringe
The Lord gave me a new measuring stick. When I was growing up I was surrounded by filthy language. My jobs were full of co-workers that cussed like sailors etc… I was so used to it that it didn’t bother me. In fact, I began to speak the same way without hesitation. It was just life.. people spoke how they wanted to and well.. nobody cared. Then when the Lord reached down and saved me filthy language started making me cringe. My desire to speak that way or to hear it just made my spirit shutter. I couldn’t help it. I spent so much time with the Lord that more and more sinful things began to bother me really bad. I didn’t want to be around sin at all. Then one day I started drifting away from the Lord. I stopped spending alot of time with Him because life got in the way. Then one day I walked into a room and a movie was playing. The movie consisted of filthy language. It no longer bothered me as much to hear it. Then that’s when the Lord gave me a revelation and it consisted of a “new measuring stick”. This is what the Lord showed me…
You are who you hang with. If you hang out with Christ you will become more like Him. Christ shutters and cringes at sin.. so the more you hang out with Him the more your spirit cringes at sin because He cringes at sin.
So the measuring stick is this… how much do you cringe? Does the sight of sin bother you? If you are at a point where to see or hear sinful things does not bother you.. then it’s an indication that you need time with the Lord. That means I am not spending enough time with the Lord. Because I’m becoming less like Him. Our goal is supposed to become more like Him! So check yourself and I need to check myself on a regular basis to see where I’m at with the Lord. I need to measure myself and when I notice myself becoming less bothered by sinful things… it’s time for me to go hang out with Christ some more. Use the measuring stick!
Thanks- the Lord is awesome the way He teaches!