How To Un-see, Un-feel, Un-hear, Un-shame...

11/25/2020

Prior to the big debacle, what do you think Esau’s life consisted of? How do you un-see something you should not have seen, something that is not holy, nor right?

How do you un-feel something you should not have felt, something that is not holy, nor right?

How do you un-experience something you should not have been part of, whether your fault or someone else’s, something that is not holy, nor right?

How do you un-hear something you should not have heard, something that is not holy, nor right?

How do you un-choose something you should not have chosen, something that is not holy, nor right?
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Related question: Prior to the big debacle, what do you think Esau’s life consisted of?

Esau was rash and followed his animalistic instincts rather than having reverence for God in his thoughts and desires. He married two Hittite women, which his parents disapproved of. He did not surrender his wants to the will of God.

God can make all things new if we surrender to His thoughts, feelings, and choices, renouncing and repenting. We still have the painful memory of our past, but He can give us a fresh new future...one with freedom. Without renouncing those things, we will be another Esau that continues down a heartbreaking path.

1) Hide it...ignore, forget, try to do better next time—maybe. Or 2) confess it...renounce, repent, apologize, ask forgiveness from the Lord of all.

Esau was a man-pleaser, trying to cover up sin and add on “good” things (like his Ishmaelite wife to please his parents).

1) I want to say you can’t un-feel un-hear un-choose...but you CAN have Godly sorrow—2 Corinthians 7:10-11. And you can choose to immerse yourself in HIS words, thoughts, and life. Know when you’ve broken your relationship with God by sin and tell Him so. Ask Him to forgive you. Care about what it does to Him when you sin. 2) Esau’s life might have consisted of a lot of shallow horizontal responses to un-holy choices, such as ignoring or worldly sorrow, or excuse-making or pride or comparison. He lived without concern for GOD's opinion on his actions and without cultivating a genuine relationship with Him.

1) You can’t unsee, unthink, unfeel, or unact... but Godly sorrow and repentance can bring change, and Jesus’ Blood DOES cover when true repentance and surrender happen. He makes us a brand New creation. 2) No doubt Esau’s life was built on small shallow decisions to always take the easy road as well as constant choices that would bring instant flesh gratification.

Maybe I didn’t understand the numbering part (1, 2)? I was describing two alternatives. One that tries to undo it by horizontal man-pleasing and mind games. And the other which addresses it head-on and vertically with God who forgives and can wipe out our sins.

It seems it’s also wrapped up in Relationship—knowing the OTHER’S loves and hates and desiring to please THEM. When I think of our earthly relationships, the Most peaceful, loving, flourishing ones are those where each is self-LESS. They are not thinking about their own hurts and desires and needs, but loving the other more. That position would keep that debacle out of the picture. If any of the things like hearing, seeing, doing, speaking, or feeling something that is neither holy nor right occurs, there would be an immediate deep sorrow and finding ways to heal the betrayal and hurt of the other caused by my unholy choices. God’s Perfect plan includes a relationship with Him and each other. Matthew 22 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind... Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Building on what you just said, I think that the relationship goes both ways. It is so essential for us to repent of our sin and bring it to Jesus in repentance, or to renounce and be vertical when it is thrust upon us. Jesus wants a clean and untainted relationship with us (what a mystery!) and therefore is quick to forgive and draw us close IF we will come to Him and draw close. How could an earnest look at His face not cleanse us, even if residues of pain or memories linger when we choose to dwell on them?

This link someone shared this morning strikes me as crucial for the process of Undoing and not being anything like Esau... It is called Motivation To Give Ourselves Away! Part of the Undoing process must include making yourself nothing, motivated by deep-hearted comprehension and reflection of all that He has done for us and continues to do. “Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy, complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose. Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself. Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well. You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had.” As I die, so do the things that need undone, unheard, unseen, unfelt, unthought...

To un-see, un-feel, un-hear, un-shame...

1) Get before Jesus and renounce the choice. Tell him how sorry you are and ask him to scour you clean on the inside. 2) (With certain situations, the “how,” “if,” and “when” can change) but Confess your sins to one another and pray for each other that you may be healed. And there’s a 3) “The washing of the water of the Word“—replacement therapy. Fill up your heart and mind with whatever is pure, lovely, noble, and Praise-worthy... and the other will be diluted into nothingness, miraculously.

Yes!! That washing and replacing the impure with the Pure jumps out to me. JESUS can reverse what seems irreversible.

Prior to the debacle—Esau’s life did NOT include holiness in the little things. His life did not include any semblance of nearness to God or consciousness of Him. Esau lived for himself and his decisions (even the little ones that nobody knew about) centered around what pleased himself....

Exactly right regarding Esau. There was no surprise with him. He built his life that way by refusing to deal with the little things and then reaped what he had sown.

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