Growing in
sanctification and maintaining fellowship with believers are other ways we continually
demolish strongholds in our lives.
“And have clothed
yourselves with the new [spiritual self], which is [ever in the process of
being] renewed and remolded into [fuller and more perfect knowledge upon]
knowledge after the image (the likeness) of Him Who created it.”
Colossians 3:10
(Amplified)
“…which is ever in
the process of being renewed…”
Certainly that is a picture
of an on-going work.
The new birth – just like
your natural birth is a moment in time.
But in the same way
that a newborn is not born as a mature adult, neither is the spiritual man born
into maturity.
There is growth –
sometimes painfully slow – that is a part of the process.
To believe we can
somehow circumvent the process of growing and maturing in Christ is to deceive ourselves.
Likewise the
Christian who isolates themselves and believes, by actions if not by their words,
that they can make it on their own is a Christian who embraces strongholds
instead of seeing them broken.
God was not mistaken
when He inspired Paul to write in I Corinthians 15:33 -
“Do not be so
deceived and misled! Evil companionships (communion, associations) corrupt and
deprave good manners and morals and character.”
Righteous companions
will have the opposite impact.
They will encourage,
inspire and model good manners, morals and character.
One of the greatest
blessings of my life is to be able to be around men and woman of God who are
mature and can draw the better and the best out of me.
Sanctification and
fellowship are essential steps in demolishing strongholds.
Let God continue His
work in you and let some of that work be done through those He brings into your
life for fellowship and encouragement.
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