Living Water Worship Center Blog

The title Might grab your attention, but I am talking about a different type of stripping. This week God has been dealing with me about integrity and lead me to Ephesians 4:22-24 Amp version
22 Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion;
    23And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude],
    24And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness.
I don’t know much about painting but what I do know is that you don’t paint new finishes over old without stripping the old paint off. Why? If you don’t the new finish will eventually peel off. Then you will have to start all over again.  So it is with our spiritual walls. So many Christians want to jump right into the new things of God and skip the stripping process. How can God give you a new Job, friend, house, car etc. if you still have those old fleshy characteristics that will cause the new to peel off. All those new thing are just a cover up of the old self. Just like stripping paint, tripping our former nature takes time, is hard and not fun at all. But we must if we want true integrity. I want to stand the test of time and not peel at the first sign of pressure.
Join with me and pray to endure the stripping process!