Spiritual Insanity

We have all heard the definition of insanity as someone doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Well, there is a spiritual equivalent. Spiritual insanity is having a sin or character flaw exposed over and over through life's circumstances but refusing to do anything about it.

So often we allow negative circumstances and defeats in our life to demoralise and destroy us. God however, if we cooperate with Him, will always use the negative situations we go through and turn them into victories. This was true in the life of Joshua. His army had just been defeated at Ai, and God was using this negative situation to draw Joshua's attention to the root cause of the defeat. This was that someone in the camp had sinned. Joshua could have ignored this but he stopped and got the nation right with God once again.

How often in our life do our defeats raise underlying sin or character flaws? God wants us to mature so He uses these situations as opportunities for us to repent or make choices that are more godly in producing godly fruit in our lives. The choice is ours. Spiritual insanity is never dealing with these issues thereby guaranteeing a cycle of defeat. That is not God's best; his victories come when we address issues and place our faith in Him.

Roy Barrett
Pastor