How To Deal With Spiritual Amnesia

How to deal with Spiritual Amnesia

3 minute read by Megan Rea

When I was a little girl my favorite movie was, Muppets take Manhattan.

Kermit, Piggy, a billion cameos from 80’s stars, and of course, NYC as the backdrop.  What’s not to love? Also, I’m 97% sure that movie is to blame for my being drawn to the big city from such a young age.

However, what frustrated 7-year-old Megan about that movie more than anything, *spoiler alert* Kermit got amnesia.  And everyone’s favorite green friend almost walked away from his best muppet life.

More often than I’d like to admit, I too can develop a little memory loss and come down with a  case of “Spiritual Amnesia.” And I have a good feeling I’m not the only one.

I can read, journal, and be totally convinced of the promises of God in the morning. Then by noon, be functioning like all of life is up to me.

I forget who I am and whose I am while allowing fear and control to dictate my behavior. I let the enemy of my soul, the one who is fearful about the kind of people we will become when we walk in the empowering truth of the love of God & the grace-filled fullness of who He created us to be, tell me who I am.

I’ve been walking with Jesus long enough now to KNOW these are lies, even when everything in my brain tells me they are true.  It’s in those moments, you know the ones when you feel sabotaged by your thoughts? It’s in those moments Chris can look me in my eye, with that look your spouse gives you and says,

“How are you…” and I respond,

“I’m 20 seconds from truth.”

That’s often all it is. A few seconds, a minute or two, to stop the mental spiral, bring our thoughts back into alignment with the truth of God’s word, and then, Keep. Moving.

I used to beat myself up for it pretty hard when my brain didn’t behave like a super-Christian. But then I realized that’s just condemnation. And Jesus already took every bit of that weight so we could walk free.

If you’ve been following along for a while, you’ve probably heard me reference Romans 8 in the msg version at some point. It is my favorite!

Verses 1-2 say this:

“Those who enter into Christ’s being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation.”

Then in verses 5 & 6…

Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.

Keep reading and you’ll run into verses 9 & 10

But for you who welcome Him, in whom He dwells—even though you still experience all the limitations of sin—you yourself experience life on God’s terms.

Not life dictated by fear, striving, or grasping for control. Life on God’s terms.

Verses 12-14

So don’t you see that we don’t owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There’s nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God’s Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!

I don’t know about you, but those verses are like water on my soul! We have been ransomed into the freest (it’s a word look it up) life you can imagine, let’s not believe it in our religious heads and live otherwise.

Because I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to just be free, I want to live free.

And I want that for your beautiful self too.

You were not intended to live small. You have been set more wildly free than you can imagine.

And don’t worry, I can see it in your eyes…

How does this play out in your day to day life?

What does this practically look like?  You KNOW, we’re all about practical ‘round these parts. So, over the next 5 days, we’re sharing 1 applicable tip with you each day to keep you moving forward.

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Praying for you today friend, and excited to be on this journey with you. See you tomorrow around email and socials!

Megan

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