CYCLE OF SHAME
Guilt is the state of “I made a mistake”, shame is a state of “I am a mistake”- Craig Hill (1)
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INTRODUCTION
Shame is not of God. It is a device from satan to bring false identity and a false message to any person, especially a child of the Most High. And the goal? To bring us out of alignment with God, distort our and God’s image, and spread lies into our hearts. Heart viruses that cut us off from receiving God’s perfect love.
THE PERPETUAL CYCLE OF SHAME
All of us are bound to make mistakes in life. None can do everything perfectly. Also, no one can claim they have never sinned. While God wishes to impart the message of forgiveness into our hearts, the devil’s mission is the exact opposite.
He wishes to impart devastating messages that introduce the lies into the very hearts of all men. Lies that distort the image we were created in and in so our image. Lies that introduce the orphan mindset claim Benji & Alanna Alexander in their book The 7 Sacred Pathways to Intimacy (sometimes the give it away for free at events). (2)
Lies that are ultimately rooted in idolatry and lead us toward it. I feel into idolatry. A part of me desired to know who I was and where my life was heading. Shame was the tool satan used to draw me away from what was known to me. I believe my singleness may have been an area of great shame in my life without my awarness. It was enough of an opening. And the enemy used it.
My love life was never that eventful to begin with. Being still single at that age filled me with shame and there may have been a lie in my heart that I am not beautiful enough.
Craig Hill calls these lies heart viruses in his course Restore your soul: Finding freedom from fear, shame and anger. Shame he defines as the following.
Shame is a deep sense of the wrongness of being. A deep wound on the inside with a lot of fear of death, identity death, worthlessness, “I have no value.”
It always comes in two ways:
1. When boundaries are violated sexually, physically, emotionally, verbally;
2. When I’m held accountable for things I can’t do, things I don’t know, things beyond my control (when laughed at, made fun of, controlled) (1)
Shame is a big problem in the world in general. It is one of the most effective ways in which satan devastates our hearts and cut us from the perfect love of God. That perfect baptism of love that Benji & Alanna mention further in their book. (2)
Being disconnected from that perfect love prevents us from prospering as we have always been designed to.
It also may cause us anger issues and may make us feel unworthy of receiving love and good gifts. All of that then causes us to be even more angry and make us feel even more ashamed and unworthy. And so we are caught in a perpetual cycle of shame.
BREAKING SHAME
To break shame off of us, we need to address the lies deeply rooted in our hearts. We need to face the darkness and be set free by the perfect love of the Father.
One method in which we can stave off shame is based on the principle of sowing and reaping. Craig Hill mentions in his course that we can either sow a seed into flesh or into the spirit. (1)
By identifying with the sin or in this case with the mistake and false image, we will reap the same in the next cycle. But if we sow into the spirit by identifying with Yeshua in whom we now reside and whose righteousness we now carry, we will break through and reap a good reward in the next harvest.
YOU ARE NOT THE MISTAKE!
But I will mention the warning of Pastor Jim Baker: “The principles without the King are more witchcraft than the Kingdom of God.” (4)
CONCLUSION
Shame is a big problem in the Church and in the world in general. Many are walking through their daily lives carrying in their hearts lies imparted upon them through satanic messages. They distort the Image in which we were created in and so distort ours. That way satan cuts us away from God’s perfect love and prevent us from receiving the fullness God has for us. The truth is that we are the
CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE!
Application
Next time you sin, go before God and admit your sin before Him and repent. Admit that it was an unrighteous act. Then receive His forgiveness and forgive yourself. And last but not least choose to identify as how God sees you - through the lense of Yeshua - and how you were initially created as - in His perfect Image. Identify yourself as an honest man, if you lied, as a peaceful person if you were unrighteously angry and so forth. And do not forget to go before the Lord with a contrite heart.
SOURCES
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Benji & Alanna Alexander. The 7 sacred pathways to intimacy. https://www.raisingroyalty.io/
Craig Hill. Restore your soul: Finding freedom from fear, shame and anger. Available on Empower 2000 Academy https://e2000.teachable.com/
Jim Baker. Wealth with God e-course. Available on world web https://www.wealthwithgod.com/home
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