No More Mr. Nice Guy: Saying Goodbye to Doormat Christianityಮಾದರಿ

You Have the Right to Think, Act, and Believe as God Leads You

“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (2 Corinthians 3:17 NKJV).

Have you ever had a strange thought and then stopped yourself, thinking, I must not think this way! What would people say if they knew? Have you ever acted in a way that was silly and not very proper and then thought, I can’t do that. I must be more careful! Have you ever thought a thought that was not in conformity with Christian doctrine and then suddenly thought, I must never think that . . . What would people say if they knew that I didn’t believe all of this?

Paul makes an interesting comment to the church at Corinth: “But we pray to God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed. For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth” (2 Corinthians 13:7-8 NKJV).

If you want to think truth, live truth and believe truth, truth will eventually become the reality of your life without the help of others who think they are your mother.

The principle is this: The genuine can be tested . . . and God will test it so that its genuineness can be proved.

If you think contrary to what God thinks, He is perfectly capable of leading you to proper thinking. If you act in a manner contrary to how God would have you to act, He is perfectly capable of leading you to proper action. If your doctrine is other than His doctrine, God is perfectly capable of leading you to a proper doctrinal position.

On the authority of God’s Word, I give you permission to think, act and believe as God leads you . . . not as He leads me.

Now, as a bold Christian, go out and exercise those rights.