The Promises We Made to Protect Ourselves
James 5:12 — "Let your yes be yes and your no be no."
At some point, most of us made a decision we didn't recognize as a decision. Someone hurt us badly enough that we quietly resolved never to be in that position again. Never to trust like that. Never to need someone that much. Never to let anyone get that close.
It felt like wisdom at the time. It probably was, in that moment. But those quiet inner resolves have a way of outlasting the situation that created them. What started as protection becomes a wall, and walls don't distinguish between the people who hurt you and the people who love you.
The invitation is to bring those old resolves before God and ask honestly whether they're still serving you, or whether you've been paying a price you didn't agree to. Jesus has a way of meeting us in exactly those places, if we're willing to open them up.
At some point, most of us made a decision we didn't recognize as a decision. Someone hurt us badly enough that we quietly resolved never to be in that position again. Never to trust like that. Never to need someone that much. Never to let anyone get that close.
It felt like wisdom at the time. It probably was, in that moment. But those quiet inner resolves have a way of outlasting the situation that created them. What started as protection becomes a wall, and walls don't distinguish between the people who hurt you and the people who love you.
The invitation is to bring those old resolves before God and ask honestly whether they're still serving you, or whether you've been paying a price you didn't agree to. Jesus has a way of meeting us in exactly those places, if we're willing to open them up.
Posted in First Impact