"What Is My Point?" 

All of my life I felt my point had to be right, and I spent much time proving to myself that my point of interest was correct. There was not much room for discussion because then I would leave myself open to another opinion. That is the real problem. We get ourselves so isolated from other thoughts or opinions, our's seems absolutely spot on. There are many other ways of doing something, but pride in ourselves keeps us from taking the time needed to be open to another thought. Humility is needed and so is lots of time so that you can take all concerns into view. Due to my desire to accomplish tasks, I left little room for the different styles of those I truly loved. This is not anything but a bad attitude and can cause hard feelings between people.  

When you live your life trying to prove things, usually it will come out in the end that it does not matter all that much the method of doing the job, as long as it gets done. This is what hurt my relationship with many people for they did not think I wanted to get along. I just had no time to view something else. I was too busy working the situation to my expectation. I can remember many times in my life from a young age until now, yes, even now, I have had a problem with proving my point in different degrees. I preached a sermon once titled "When is right wrong?". I preached it beautifully, but when I was put to the test I failed time after time.

Have you ever wanted to prove yourself to yourself that you did not care who it hurt? I have and when the dust settles, your point is shown and you thought things that now would be different, did not really change. Your point was not that important and you feel so foolish in the end. I have walked through this area many times and have recently been delivered. The revelation of understanding you don't push your point but rather try to reveal it in a way that you are not perceived over-bearing or intimidating. It is so freeing to be able to understand you could be 100% right and so can someone else. The true gift is to be able to negotiate without a compromise of integrity. However, without negotiation your skills of respect for others cannot mature and grow. 

When I saw how foolish I have been at times, I repented to the Lord and cried out to God for help. Then He gave me this scripture which I have read over and over before yet I never had revelation of it. The scripture is found in Proverbs 16:18-19; “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud.” Then the Lord said this to me, “Time after time I have tested you in your pride and more times than not, you failed the test, therefore I had to hold back my blessing from you.” That hit me so hard that I felt weak inside. I immediately began to make apologies wherever I felt impressed to. It was a very intense time of scrutiny from the Lord, but what a great breakthrough. I love it when God fixes us on the inside. Thus this article, it hopefully will help any and all of us who feel the need to push our point. I mean this whether we do it so everyone knows or just our tight circle of friends. The root of pride is fear, and you have been afraid all your life. The reasons are not important for this article but I have tried to hold onto things that really were not important. Then God said, "Open your hand and let go. Let go and let Me fill you with Myself." 

Then the Lord was so gracious to me. He said, “This last test that looked like you failed, in the long run, you really passed, now I can bless you. I told you so many years ago through Dr. Larry Lea; "Tell that man once again, I am going to bless him and make him a blessing to the world and to the church. “Everything that has been lost or stolen through foolishness, or busyness will be restored to you. I will bless you and you will bless others. I will bless you and you will flow in the rhythm of the river. "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you." My life's verse is all tied up with this one scripture. You see my friend, God gave me my life total in a proverb, the Lord expected me to seek and find the proper equation. Through the process of time, life and my Father's guiding hand, I have the missing part. Now, I live every day with the full expectation of seeing God perform His promise to me.  

I wanted to share this testimony with you to encourage you. No matter what you are struggling with or going through and the tests that you have failed, God is always working it out for your good. Mine was pride wrapped really in fear. God's word states that perfect love casts out fear. I do not know what you may be struggling with, but our only hope is the Lord Jesus Christ. Now I know God is the answer to every question, the solution to every problem. He is the greatest friend, Father, Savior and confidant in your life. He cares for you with an eternal love. No matter what we may encounter, the Lord will reveal to us what we really need, to see our life glorify our Christ. Here is to your victory!