Being able to control your feelings is one of the greatest way to gain self matery, most at times emotions flows through us and sometimes it’s easy to give in to it but being able to control that nudge that might lead us to some certain actions is one the greatest victory anyone can achieve.
It’s underestimated because it isn’t something visible that our eyes can see but plays a vital role in our way of living.
So many people are slaves to their desires, they feel a thing and find it difficult to resist the urge to give in to it, in another way it can be seen as them being a slave to themselves without even realizing it. This is one of the reason so many people become stuck in some pattern they themselves are not pleased with but they find it difficult to withdraw. Most at times having control of one’s self takes the grace of God because there are somethings we sometimes may have gotten deeply rooted into which must have become a lifestyle. turning away from it may seem like stripping off our skin which can cause much harm to us if not handled carefully.
We underestime how much our mind could get fond of somethings, many people live a certain kind of way and feel they are in control but are unaware that their impulses still plays a major role in their lifestyle.
There are times we get over exited about something and loose control due to over excitement, lets take for instance a person who bought a new car, one which happens to be their first. over excitement can make them place all value on it, and long term they may turn blind to the possibility of them getting anything better. Lack of Self control isnt only limited to weaknesses like lust, emotions,addiction,finance…. it can affect any area where there’s a desire, impulse, or decision to be made.
One of the most effective ways of experiencing self control is through spirituality.
Many people underestimate the power of spirituality because they have gotten so drawn to things that they can see and feel. But in reality the unseen still plays a major role is What’s happening around us.
Let’s use for instance our mobile devices, no one can show the physical connection that we all have which makes it possible for us to communicate close by and afar but it still doesnt change the fact that a connection has been made for that to be possible. We shouldnt get so carried away with the front layer of life which is visible and forgetting the backend where the major operations is being run.
Spirituality brings about clarity, discipline, discernment and much more benefits that can’t be denied when pactised rightfully. Peace of mind is also one of them.
Types of spiritual practices very effective to become in control of yourself
1. Fasting and praying:
The deception many people have is that getting to fill up your stomach everyday is all that it takes to live a good life, but that’s far from truth.
You can have all the kind of food you ever desire and still lack peace, discernment, discipline, self control and many other things that makes life worth living. Praying and fasting is not depriving yourself of food just for hunger strike like people think but a way of submitting yourself to God to have control, guiding you through your spirit and not just your natural senses. People are still unaware that their body is made up of flesh and spirit. And according to the bible, the spirit despises the things of the flesh and the flesh, the things of the spirit.
This is a clear reality of what’s playing out within us.
The early we become awakened to this truth the more effective we begin to have control, and this is a gift that can’t be bought with money but only gotten through surrendering.
2. Praying in the spirit:
one of the things I’ve come to realize is that no matter how prayerful we are, there are times we still dont know what to pray for. An intense prayer has a way of connecting us with God through the spirit. It’s in the process of praying in tongues that sometimes God reveals to us some revelation, opening our eyes to things we can’t see no matter how much we’ve come across in life through experience or lessons learnt. This was one of the ways which God used many of his servant in the bible, through praying in tongues, they get filled with the holy spirit and at that moment they operate in a more higher realm than the physical. The bible says we shouldnt be drunk with wine but with the spirit. There is a contrast between being influenced by the spirit of God than wine. A person who is under the influence of alcohol behave in a way that they wouldn’t in their right senses but their actions are usually destructive or damaging to themselves, they are out of control and say and do things without care. That’s the outcome being filled with wine, while being filled with the spirit guides us to unraveling things that may have been hidden longer even before our existence. Through the spirit many people get to uncover creative ideas that with their normal sense they never would have thought of. They become a force that attracts not only chase, they become in control, their presence is being felt whereever they step in, their discernment becomes sharper, that’s some of the impact lf being controlled by the spirit of God. Temptation becomes more easier to overcome comapred to when under the authority of the flesh. Speaking in tongues is a gift from God that connects us to the spirit.
3. The act of generosity:
asides from the blessing that comes from God when we give, there is a feeling of joy that we experience when we show love to people by generosity, that’s not mere feeling of excitement, that’s a way of building spirituality which can only be felt and not seen.
The more we continue to practise all these, the more lighter we feel when there is a burning desire within us that’s aimed at taking control over us but instead it gets under our control.
