Spiritual growth consists of Father's loving process to eliminate our dependence on props.
This process can be extremely painful, depending on our level of attachment.
Props are the temporal things of the natural realm; people, places, positions or things, that we tend to depend on to help cope with the pressures of our lives.
Props provide us with a "perception" of security, safety, support and comfort - deceptively so.
We are convinced that they are necessary to help us to "weather our storms" - to endure, or to totally avoid experiencing pain or discomfort.
The problem with props is that they have a tendency to fail under extreme stress.
It is during these times of extreme stress that we are "encouraged" to realize that our props are not only dreadfully unreliable, but they may end up enslaving us.
Father wants to remind us that props, no matter how convincing, will never do!
We have a Cornerstone not a prop to provide us with all the security, safety, support and comfort, we will ever need - He is Christ our Rock!
Matthew 7:24-27
"Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn't obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash."
"Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn't obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash."
ITS CHRIST OR NOTHING!
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