The one person we should always speak openly and honestly with is God. It's not always possible to tell things to friends or family, and often, they don't actually need to know your secrets and your feelings, but God wants to know. The Bible says, "Speak the truth and love." In Psalm 51, David tells us that we are never to hide from ourselves, that we are to face the truth about us and stop hiding behind things to prevent that happening. If you feel joyful - tell God, if you feel betrayed - tell God, if you feel upset - tell God. Then decide with God what action you are going to take, if necessary, about the feelings you are experiencing. For example, if someone is being mean to you or bullying you, go out of your way to be kind to them. Show them a better way.
We need to use our freewill to line ourselves up with the Word of God, but so many people bow down to their feelings constantly which prevents this happening. We need to stop letting our feelings govern us. They are just feelings and we can control them if we really want to.
In order to fulfil our calling in life God will ask us to do some things that we just don't want to do, but we need to do them. Paul told Timothy, "Be ready, whether it's convenient or inconvenient" and that is what where we need to be at. The things we do don't always have to feel good, but we have become so addicted to being constantly entertained and buzzed that we are reluctant to do anything which won't cause those feelings. The reality is that nothing bad will happen to you if you do a few things that aren't appealing to you and manage to maintain a good attitude through those.
We can get into a rut of feeling unhappy and keeping things secret if we are not careful and it takes strength from God to overcome these situations. In Luke 5, Jesus told the fishermen to go out into the deeper water to get a greater haul of fish, they didn't want to, they were tired but Peter said to Jesus, "But on the ground of your word I will lower the nets again". The result was that they caught more fish than their boat and some friends boats could carry. They had fish overflowing in abundance, blessings in abundance. This is what we need to do too. We need to go deeper in order to reap a good harvest in our lives. The only thing wrong with some people's lives is that they are not deep enough. You paddle in the shallow waters where you are totally in control. But if you are willing to go deep enough, the water will go over your head and you will then learn to step out and discover what God wants of you.
Too many people focus on 'I want, I think, I feel' rather than on what God wants. Don't be phoney with Him, if you are not happy about something, tell Him, speak the truth. One of the reasons that people are so led by their feelings is that they are not honest about them. God wants us to come clean. If He tells you to do something and you don't want to do it, tell Him, but then do the job anyway, with a good attitude serving your Lord.
We need to learn to keep more of our secrets from other people and confide them in God instead, for He is the one that understands and can help. If we do this, there will be more personal victories. Try to deal with more things in God than in the flesh, it will really turn your life around if you truly surrender.
You may be waiting on a certain miracle but God might have a totally different plan for you. He might make us go through things the hard way in order to achieve our goal rather than handing our miracle to us on a plate. He will deliver, just not necessarily in the way you are expecting so be prepared to be more open minded. We just need to walk our walk with God and let Him deal with us as He wants to.
Negative feelings buried alive never die, they remain alive inside of you and can and will resurface at anytime, and in the meanwhile, they will be gnawing away at your insides. Don't be avoidant of these secrets and feelings, bring them to God and let Him help you deal and let go of them.
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