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1.
Acknowledge
and confess your sins: The Bible
says in Proverbs 28:13 that “He who
covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will
have mercy”. Acknowledge your sin before God and forsake it totally. Give
the devil no joy by wallowing in self-pity or playing the blame game. Stand on
your feet and fight.
2.
Recognize
the red flags: One day, I happened to be in a vehicle at night along a
particular highway which I was not familiar with. The highway was full of
potholes but the driver navigated with ease by dodging the potholes. I asked
him how he managed to do that without bumping into any of the potholes. “I pass along this route everyday and I have
mentally memorized where all the potholes are , so I can’t fall into them”. This
is the same way of saying that we should know our weaknesses and try to avoid
them at all costs.
3.
Confess
your sin to an accountability partner: We all need accountability partners.
These are people to whom you can be accountable. They may be your spiritual
mentors. You need to talk to them so that they can help you with the word of
God and pray for your restoration. Atimes, it may be people whom you have
offended.
4.
Trace how
you fell: (Revelation 2:5)- You need to trace the chain of events that
aided your fall and watch or guide against them not to occur again.
5.
Submit
yourself for discipline where necessary: An important step for getting back
to your feet is to submit oneself for discipline. Where someone is either
stubborn or ashamed to submit to discipline, he cannot be truly restored.
(Galatians 6:1)
6.
Learn to
forget and accept the forgiveness of God: There are some people who live all through their
lives in regret of the sins they committed even after asking for and obtaining
forgiveness from God. They find it difficult to forgive themselves. Moses,
David and Paul can qualify to be murderers, yet God forgave them and they
forgave themselves of all the evils they did and still fulfilled their purposes
in life.
7.
Despise
the shame: Don’t mind what people will say. For you to bounce back from
your fallen state, you must learn to ignore the side comments and mixed feelings
of the people. Some will be disappointed; some will sympathize with you while
some will mock you. You probably do not know who falls into where. If you want
to live your life by the feelings of people towards you, I am afraid you may
never move forward in your life.
Pastor Tunde Mabinuori is the
Minister-in-Charge, Rhema Chapel International Churches, Oluyole Estate,
Ibadan.
e-mail: tundemabinuori@gmail.com
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