Topic: Characteristics of Blind Spots
Blessings Sons of God:
Today I want to share with you some characteristics of blind
spots so that we can realize how they linger for so long as a blind spot. The major characteristic of all blind spots
are that they are considered low standard.
They not as obvious as you would think.
This is why they are blind spots in our lives:
1. They have been there a long time –
Grown accustomed to living in it not knowing it is hindering your growth
2. Unrenewed mindset - prevents
development and maturity
3. Opens the door to sin! Ignorance
(Darkness) to truth eventually breeds sin
4. Never seen by the individual
5. Makes one Delusional meaning living
with a fixed false belief.
Let me deal slightly with delusions because I know people
see that word and scratch their head or say, “I
am not delusional”. Most know
delusions as a medical term and it is. People who have delusions have fixed
images but they are not true in reality.
In the spirit, you can be delusional.
You can live with fixed, mostly are taught and passed down, false
beliefs. Let’s look at a couple of delusions.
1.
Doctrinal
– Rapture, Mansions in Heaven, Streets of Gold
2.
Pride
– Delusions of Grandeur and feeling of extraordinary greatness
3.
Laodicean
Delusion – Lukewarmness and Belief in material wealth and prosperity as a sign
of the presence of God but in actuality he is on the outside knocking.
4.
Suspicion
– Saul was suspicious of David which lead to him trying to kill him.
5.
Idolatry
– Simon the Sorcerer believed because he had power that he was an anointed man
of God until he had an encounter with a Son of God carrying the true God and
His power.
6.
Sight
– Saul and his army saw Goliath as huge and unbeatable but David saw him as an
uncircumcised Philistine.
You would be amazed at how many people, especially leaders
suffer from spiritual delusions, especially when you set it across just those
few items. There is also False sense of
Security, Negativity and even Unity to add to that list.
This is why it is so important for us to have a relationship
with our Heavenly Father and submit, obey and repent to what He is revealing as
blind spots that hinder our growth. So
many are trapped in these blind spots and when the Lord sends someone to reveal
it to them , because they have been there so long, they reject the Word of God
and the enemy is allowed to continue to hold that believer hostage in that area
of their life. Once you repent and
overcome that blind spot, the enemy cannot hide there because no longer is it
blind to you but you can see it through discernment.
In the last message of this series I want to talk about
blind spots in Pastors.
Peace, Love and Grace
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
