The Righteous Response

The way to respond to difficulties and situations that are producing pain that will bring me to freedom and a place where Life prevails is to submit my emotions and will and heart to the fruit of the Spirit of God before I answer (Galatians 5:22-23).

When my response is rooted in who Jesus is, it becomes a source of healing to the cause of the pain. It brings me into freedom and life. It enables me to have the strength to rise up with character and emotional health, and it draws me into proximity to the Lord that makes it possible to hear His wisdom and direction. I become free from the death that could be drowning me mentally and emotionally and physically to even find opportunity in the situation to manifest Jesus by serving the people around me with an overflow that blesses them as I am blessed.