Several days ago, I was about to cook something tasty. I had all the ingredients on the counter and I was cooking the meat. I was eager for a delicious meal. I grabbed a yellow onion and began to cut and peel the onion. It looked perfect on the outside. It smelled great too. I just love onions and I use them a lot with garlic and lots of spices when I cook. I had purchased this particular onion at one of my favorite stores that is well-know for selling great produce at low prices. I eagerly cut into the onion which was juicy and perfectly round. Had a big disappointment because the onion was rotting on the inside. There was fuzzy green mold in the center of the onion. Yuck!
This is heavy on my heart today: the Lord began to speak to me about Christians who are like this onion... They are beautiful on the outside, but their hearts are filled with bitterness and they are rotting from the inside out at the root. Do no let bitterness, unforgiveness, sadness, and sin take root in your hearts! You can look good on the outside, but be a complete fake on the inside. Eventually, this rotting, this bitterness will show. What's done in the dark will be brought to the light, (Psalm 139).
Have you been secretly cursing your brother or sister? Have you been saying things against people in your heart? Time to let it go. Give it all to God so that you can move on. We are coming to the end of a season of purging. Purging is cleansing. God has been wanting to cut away at the roots of the bad things that are growing deep in our hearts. So of us need to have those roots prayed over by intercessors. Some roots go deep into family histories and generations.
God wants a fresh start for you and for the future generations that will be influenced by you! No more fake Christians! Everybody has to "grow up" in the realm of the supernatural world, in God's eyes. It's time to move forward for real, (Philippians 3:14)!
What's holding you back? Are you hurting because of something that someone said or did to you in the past? Can't let it go? Can't forget? The fastest way to move forward is to let go of unnecessary baggage that has been holding you down, (Hebrews 12:1-2).
Lay it all on the altar before the Lord. Time to get it all right with God. Time is running out. This is your opportunity to make things right with God! How exciting! The one true Living God wants to give you and me the chance to make things right before Him! This is grace and mercy!
If you have never asked God to come into your heart, you have to go through His Son Jesus who shed His blood to pay for our sins so that we could be made whole in the eyes of God the Heavenly Father. And Jesus was victorious in conquering the sins of the entire world, and in conquering the enemy for our sakes! My debt on His account, you r debt on His account: Paid in full. All you have to do is confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord.
Pray this prayer if you don't know Jesus, or re-confirm your relationship with God now and be free from bitterness in Jesus' name!
Lord Jesus, Son of the Living God, I want you to be Lord of my life. I ask that you would come into my heart and forgive me of my sins. Make me whole and complete in you! Deliver me from bitterness, no more "rotting onions" in my life! Lead me on the path of right living. Show me your glory! Let righteousness, joy, and peace be mine in the Holy Ghost! Help me to be kingdom minded from now on. Thank you for saving me, Lord Jesus! I pray this in your name, Amen.
Now, if you don't go to church, go and find a Bible-believing church to help you get filled and re-filled with the Spirit of God and the Word of God. God will lead you. Just ask Him for guidance. I will be praying for you as well.
Read
The book of St. John, Philippians 3:14, Galatians 5:1, Hebrews 12:1-2, Proverbs 3:5-6
Song in My Head
'I will be with you. I'll never leave you. I'll fight your battles. If only you would trust me. Trust me. Trust me.' - R.S. & Vision
