How Do You Smell?
Posted By Miss Jocelyn on July 2, 2009 | Category: I Am A B-E-L-E-I-V-E-R, Of My Pondering Heart, The WORD
I’ve been pondering on attitudes lately – my attitude, how attitudes affect situations, and what the WORD says about it. Your attitude is like the skin of your fruit of the spirit. It’s the outer layer of the inner core. Your attitude is the aroma of spirit. Your attitude can either be the aroma of stinking fish or a fresh flowers. If your spirit is righteous and holy your attitude will reflect all that which is good. If your spirit is rebellious and rotten your attitude will reflect all that which is evil.
Yeshua [Jesus] often taught on the condition of your heart in terms of fruit, trees, soil, and the like. He explained how a seed may be planted, but it all depends on the soil of which it falls that will determine whether it grows or not. Your parents, your spouse, your teachers may plant seeds in your life, but if it falls onto rocks or hard soil it will not even sprout. Paul also wrote on the fruit of the Spirit a few times in his letters to new believers, encouraging them to walk in the spirit instead of the flesh so they would reap good things.
Galatians 5
16 What I am saying is this: run your lives by the Spirit. Then you will not do what your old nature wants.17 For the old nature wants what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is contrary to the old nature. These oppose each other, so that you find yourselves unable to carry out your good intentions.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, then you are not in subjection to the system that results from perverting the Torah into legalism.
19 And it is perfectly evident what the old nature does. It expresses itself in sexual immorality, impurity and indecency;
20 involvement with the occult and with drugs; in feuding, fighting, becoming jealous and getting angry; in selfish ambition, factionalism, intrigue
21 and envy; in drunkenness, orgies and things like these. I warn you now as I have warned you before: those who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God!
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 humility, self control. Nothing in the Torah stands against such things.
Ephesians 5
3 Among you there should not even be mentioned sexual immorality, or any kind of impurity, or greed; these are utterly inappropriate for God’s holy people.4 Also out of place are obscenity and stupid talk or coarse language; instead, you should be giving thanks.
5 For of this you can be sure: every sexually immoral, impure or greedy person – that is, every idol-worshipper – has no share in the Kingdom of the Messiah and of God.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty talk; for it is because of these things that God’s judgment is coming on those who disobey him.
7 So don’t become partners with them!
8 For you used to be darkness; but now, united with the Lord, you are light. Live like children of light,
9 for the fruit of the light is in every kind of goodness, rightness and truth
Your attitude can be your triumph or your demise. It can be a starting point of something good or bad. Every time I show a bad attitude, an outward show of my spirit, I show others around me the works of the flesh and I don’t allow the blessings of Elohim to reign in my life. You must cultivate good ground for the fruit of the spirit to grow, and it starts with the renewing of your minds by the washing of the WORD. After that it’s taking notice of your attitudes and pondering on your shortcomings, praying for help and guidance, and to be teachable.
If something causes you to have a bad attitude stay away from it. Many things in my life cause me to sin in my thoughts and words, so I do my best to stay away so I don’t sin. If it’s an area you need to learn how to be happy in, such as doing what you are asked or completing a task, then strengthen your spirit with the WORD and it’s promises.
Some quotes to ponder, and I love reading through quotes, but don’t forget to really ponder the above passages as well.
I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it’s only a choice of attitude.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thoughts, and habits can be acquired. An action repeated becomes an attitude realized.
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.
We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Dealing with some stinky attitudes? For this this week for me I would definitely have to say kindness and patience – or a lack thereof. What fruit of the Spirit do you need more of? Do a search for more passages on the fruit and see what ways it works, it overcomes, and what blessings it brings.
Be a sweet aroma unto Him and to those around you. Don’t smell like fish.
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