Reflection

We all need to do a self reflection often. So many people can lose sight on what they need to change because they’re so busy focusing on what they think others need to change. Self reflection is critical for constant growth. We all need to look in the mirror at self to determine what needs to be worked on. It’s so easy to go through life pointing the finger at others which can cause us to live falsely thinking we’re perfect. A lot of time we see things in others that we need to change within ourselves. God will allow us to see something familiar in another person just to get our attention. You ever wonder why you keep attracting a certain type of person? Familiar spirits pick up like-kinds. The very thing you keep attracting could be the very thing you need to get rid of. If we don’t do a self reflection and assess self we’ll stay stagnated and won’t grow. We’ll also be easy to blame others because we’ll always see others’ wrongs. God wants us to grow so he can give us our grown up blessings J . He won’t give us something we’ll mess up.
Also, when we do an analysis of self, we may find things have been transmitted through our bloodline which are called generational curses. You could have a generational curse of anger that was passed down from parents or grandparents, you could have fear passed down, you could have impoverished mentality passed down, molestation could be passed down, so many things could be passed down from previous generations. When we come into the understanding that certain things were passed down you can then effectively break those generational curses by breaking the pattern. We have to understand that when Jesus gave his life up for us, that included the eradication of every generational curse, we just have to realize that and walk it out. (Galatians 3:13). Know that the ancestral sins were forgiven by the blood of Jesus, the curse is broken.

So, we must do a self reflection to see what the mirror is truly showing us. If we keep hearing everyone tell us the same things about ourselves that are not too good, we need to start listening, start reflecting. Ask God to show you yourself and he’ll do just that. Just be willing to accept and change what you see. We have to be willing to accept the idea that there are things that need to change in our lives just like everyone else‘s. Ask God to help you. No one is perfect, we can all get better.

Do the self reflection. Stay in the race. -Eri @EriHolmes