Saturday, October 26, 2013

Are You Moping Around?

I was ministering to someone a while back and the Lord gave me an acronym that totally fit the situation. This young woman was being battered by trying to meet the expectations of others. I think this is extra prevalent during the holidays.
So the acronym was M.O.P.E.
Meeting
Other
People's
Expectations
It is an open door for oppression and depression and you will just mope around the house and through your daily tasks.
Someone who mopes is someone who looks like they have been spray painted with "Why Me, Lord? Why Me?"
They are always singing the blues which is an open door to self pity. When you are all dressed up in self-pity, nobody wants to be around you. That just compounds the mood.
It is not a forever situation. Joy comes in the morning. That is His morning of choice, not yours Psalm 30 says:
Sing unto the Lord,
O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:
 weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

When you wallow in self-pity and grief, your morning will be delayed.When you go there, soon your foot is on a slippery slope and recovery is difficult.
The only antidote is to shake yourself loose. Not always easy, but always necessary.
It requires action on your part.

Shake from Free Online Dictionary: Parentheses mine.
1. To cause to move to and fro with jerky movements.(get up and dance)
2. To cause to quiver, tremble, vibrate, or rock. (Rock 'n' roll)
3. To cause to lose stability or waver: (Self-pity as a belief system has to go.)
4. To remove or dislodge by jerky movements: shook the dust from (my feet).
5.a. To bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking:
   b. Slang To get rid of:
6. To disturb or agitate; unnerve:
7. To brandish or wave, especially in anger: shake one's fist. (Get mad at the devil.)
Okay, still not sure how to do it?
Here is a great example:



2 comments:

walk of friggin life said...

I like this. I like this alot. :)

Shake LOOSE!!

Hebrews 12:1-2
1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

A multi-dimensional life said...

Love this! I came here via Mari.
She sent me the link to this video last week and I kept playing it over and over....I was dancing in my chair till I had to get up and dance around the room! lol
What a great message also...thanks for such a great post! The acronym is just perfect, isn't it?!
I'll stop back by again...hope you'll visit me as well!
Blessings