Love Lifted Me!

Most people, when they get OFFENDED, become defensive!  When someone disagrees with them, or has a different opinion, they STUBBORNLY defend themselves and generally REJECT the offender.

It says in I Samuel 16:23 that "Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry" (as = equal to).  Basically what that is saying is--if I am holding onto it (the offense) and not dealing with it, it becomes something I protect or give too much attention to.  I obsess about it rather than confess my sinful attitude towards the offender.  In so doing, I am making the offense an IDOL in my life.

Witchcraft is nothing but "stubborn manipulation!"  The devil stubbornly manipulates others to listen to him and turn away from The Truth.  So when a person "stands their ground" and demands that they be judged right (justified) in the matter, they are stubbornly manipulating the situation to their own motives rather than simply forgiving and moving on.

Galations 3:1 says, "who has bewitched you?"  So you see, when you start listening to the devil and allow him to persuade you to hold onto a grude or offense, you are commiting a bigger sin than your offender!  You sink down to the pit (the devil's level) rather than rise above to higher ground.

All resistence to doing what you know God says to do is nothing but stubborn idolatry, withcraft, and manipulation>  So what must you do?  "Submit to God and resist the devil."  [James 4:7-10]
Humble yourself by confessing your sin--and He will LIFT you up!

[His] LOVE LIFTED ME....and set me FREE!