WHY YOU DON’T HAVE ANY FRIENDS – How to get OVER being OFFENDED
Sometimes people can become their own worst enemy. Sure, people may have hurt you, lied on you, talked about you, betrayed you, stabbed you in the back, taken you for granted.
The question is, what are you going to do with that?
Are you going to let it turn into bitterness, isolation, self-withdrawal, and retaliating against people? Are you going to turn into the very thing you’re trying to protect yourself from?
You can “protect” yourself like the city of Jericho did. The bible says Jericho was shut up, and no one went out, and no one came in. They protected themselves by shutting down, closing inward, and getting ready for a fight.
40 years earlier, the children of Israel had come to the other side of the Jordan river ready to come against Jericho, but because of their disobedience, God turned them away and they wandered in the wilderness for 40 more years. (Num 22)
What did Jericho do with this 40 years to prepare?
They turned their city into the most powerful, defensive city in all the promised land.
They built and fortified powerful walls.
They stockpiled and built up resources for years to come.
They enhanced their defensive positions and strengthened their military.
They were monitoring and watching who came in and who went out.
They became very suspicious of anyone who wasn’t “one of them”.
What does that have to do with you?
When you get hurt or ‘offended’ – you can turn yourself into a “JERICHO”
- Walls come up
- Gates get closed
- Archers and boiling oil put on top of the walls
- Everyone and everything shut down for war
- Suspicious of anyone who “might” be an enemy.
- Look at people as “spies” who are ready to “get” you when they can.
Dear friends, shutting down may be a short-term protection plan, but it is never meant to last forever. There’s a reason cities, castles and stronghold have gates. Here’s supposed to be a healthy flow of things coming in and out.
Isolation is not the same thing as protection.
Isolation, defensive opinions and viewpoints lead to a very unhealthy lifestyle where you turn into a prisoner of your own life and mind.
Stick with me in this video and we’ll examine how to overcome protecting yourself by isolation, withdrawal, and putting up bitter and hateful forces of retaliation.
God bless,
Theo Heartsill ?
Sometimes people can become their own worst enemy. Sure, people may have hurt you, lied on you, talked about you, betrayed you, stabbed you in the back, taken you for granted.
The question is, what are you going to do with that?
Are you going to let it turn into bitterness, isolation, self-withdrawal, and retaliating against people? Are you going to turn into the very thing you’re trying to protect yourself from?
You can “protect” yourself like the city of Jericho did. The bible says Jericho was shut up, and no one went out, and no one came in. They protected themselves by shutting down, closing inward, and getting ready for a fight.
40 years earlier, the children of Israel had come to the other side of the Jordan river ready to come against Jericho, but because of their disobedience, God turned them away and they wandered in the wilderness for 40 more years. (Num 22)
What did Jericho do with this 40 years to prepare?
They turned their city into the most powerful, defensive city in all the promised land.
They built and fortified powerful walls.
They stockpiled and built up resources for years to come.
They enhanced their defensive positions and strengthened their military.
They were monitoring and watching who came in and who went out.
They became very suspicious of anyone who wasn’t “one of them”.
What does that have to do with you?
When you get hurt or ‘offended’ – you can turn yourself into a “JERICHO”
– Walls come up
– Gates get closed
– Archers and boiling oil put on top of the walls
– Everyone and everything shut down for war
– Suspicious of anyone who “might” be an enemy.
– Look at people as “spies” who are ready to “get” you when they can.
Dear friends, shutting down may be a short-term protection plan, but it is never meant to last forever. There’s a reason cities, castles and stronghold have gates. Here’s supposed to be a healthy flow of things coming in and out.
Isolation is not the same thing as protection.
Isolation, defensive opinions and viewpoints lead to a very unhealthy lifestyle where you turn into a prisoner of your own life and mind.
Stick with me in this video and we’ll examine how to overcome protecting yourself by isolation, withdrawal, and putting up bitter and hateful forces of retaliation.
God bless,
Theo Heartsill ?
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