Title
Restricted By Affections
Scripture
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
(2 Corinthians 6:12)
Devotional
What are the emotions that hinder you? Are they fears, doubts, anxieties, animosities? To whom or what are these negative subjective thoughts aimed? Who or what do you blame for your failures? We are seldom restricted from the outside. The greatest majority of our restrictions come from the area between our ears. We attempt to justify our actions, or should I say our lack of actions by our emotions. We conclude that since I feel this way I must be right. We must learn to turn our affections from ourselves to Christ and the endeavors to which He has called us. We more than often begin well, but sooner or later because of our inordinate affections we look for someone or something to blame. The apostle Paul asked the Galatians, “You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?” (1) The answer for most of us is “ourselves.”
(1) Galatians 5:7