ROOTS AND BOOTS

“It’s good to slow down and REMEMBER where you were spiritually ten, twenty, thirty, or more years ago. Ask Holy Spirit to show you how you have GROWN, CHANGED, and been TRANSFORMED. When you look back, you will realize how much you have grown in your ABILITY to look at people and circumstances from My PERSPECTIVE rather than from a RELIGIOUS RULES outlook. When you remember how far you have come, it will help you not be CRITICAL of those still TRAPPED in serving a RELIGIOUS SYSTEM instead of the FREEDOM of a DEEP and PERSONAL relationship with Me. When you are BOUND by the religious spirit, CRITICISM is your main weapon you use to TEAR OTHERS DOWN in order to MAKE YOURSELF LOOK BETTER. They judge their lives as being a ‘good Christian’ by all the RULES they keep and that is why they OPPOSE leaders that I raise up that don’t fit their MOLD. Remember that the Pharisees were thought to be the PINNACLE of RELIGIOUS PERFECTION in Jesus’ day. They knew the Scriptures by heart and could quote them. They lived set-apart lives and followed all the religious rules that they thought were in My Word. But when the Son of God stood in their presence, THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM. Their MANMADE RULES were being SHATTERED by the One who came to bring TRUE FREEDOM. Look back at your spiritual ROOTS and see where you were INFECTED by the religious spirit and REJOICE that you have been SET FREE. Instead of CRITICIZING those still living out of the religious spirit, MODEL a life of JOY and FREEDOM and of a TRUE LOVE relationship with Me. CHALLENGE their NARROW thinking by sharing little bites of TRUTH and FREEDOM. Pray for Illumination and Revelation Angels to SHINE on the FALSE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS in their minds and to REVEAL My TRUE HEART OF LOVE AND FREEDOM. Consider your FOUNDATION—what BOOTS are you wearing? Religious BOOTS are RESTRICTING and keep you from GROWING or MOVING OUT in FAITH into the unknown places of FREEDOM. BOOTS worn from the GOOD NEWS of PEACE with Me through the Blood of Jesus results in a life of DEPENDENCE on Me to show you WHERE to walk into paths of TRUE righteousness and GREATER freedom. It’s good to draw aside and remember your ROOTS and rejoice that your BOOTS are leading you closer to My HEART and into paths of FRUITFULNESS.”

Diana Larkin

A Watchman’s Journal