Multi-level evil Richard V. Milner Feb 13, 2003

Throughout my walk with the Lord I have been shown things that the Lord would like to take from me and then I will let Him have them. Well after a period of time the main things are taken away, and then you are fine tuned in the smaller not so much seen areas. And that is what I want to discuss here. There are multi-level places in your walk with the Lord and as you take a step He will show you those things. Example, when I started my walk a few years ago, I stopped cussing. It was an everyday language and I wanted to stop and with the help of the Lord changing my heart it stopped. Well there are different levels to your life where things will appear when otherwise in normal situations you will never see them. As I have quit cussing as a common language, I noticed that I cussed when I got mad. So I ask the Lord to change my heart in those circumstances. And He did. But there was multi-levels to the anger. So each level I got to and did evil, I ask the Lord to change my heart. And He did. I finally was able to see that anger was a big problem, so I ask to take the anger from me and He did. I have been free of major anger and cussing fits for a long time. I realized in the last few days that it takes a whole bunch of junk to get me angry, but I still get angry or I did. So I have asked the Lord to change me when I get to the point of being angry and He will. But the multi-level points are the different points in your life that are familiar places that have hidden things that you thought you have forgotten. But the Lord hasn't forgotten them. He allows something to happen in order for those things to surface so that you can ask to get rid of them. I was on a boat with a friend of mine working on his motor on the sailboat. And I don't know how, but when I cut the wire I got my hand in the way and pinch the fire out of my cheeky part below my thumb in my hand. And I said a bad word. And couldn't believe my ears. I couldn't believe I said that. But I did. Now what happened is that the Lord showed me that when I had that reaction, I had words still lying there waiting to be said. But that was His plan, and I repented and asked Him to change my heart to get rid of that. And now when I get into that circumstance, I don't say bad things. I am able to praise Him through all things. If you have been cleaned in an area of your life, ask the Lord are there other areas that you suffer with the same problem that takes more, or other circumstances for it to show. And ask Him to change your heart. If you clean the inside, the outside will bear much fruit. BE Blessed! Richard