5 COISAS QUE DEUS COMEÇA A TIRAR DO CORAÇÃO DELE(A) ANTES DA RESTAURAÇÃO

There is an invisible process that happens before any true restoration. It doesn't begin on the outside, it doesn't begin with messages, it doesn't begin with outward actions. It begins within. God works first in the heart. And this process is not comfortable, because it involves internal losses. Before God gives something back, He takes things away. Before restoration, there is an emptying. And often, while you are silent, living your process with God, He is there, deeply working on the heart of the one who has strayed. The first thing God begins to take away is pride. Pride is one of the greatest barriers between a person and restoration. While pride governs the heart, there is no true repentance, no brokenness, no return. The person remains firm in the wrong decision, even knowing that they are suffering. But God begins to confront this from the inside out. Situations begin to show that they have no control over anything, that their decisions have not brought peace, that life has not improved as they imagined. And pride begins to crack. The Word says in Proverbs 16:18: “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” God allows pride to fall to make room for repentance. And in James 4:6 it is written: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” As long as there is pride, there is resistance from God. When pride falls, grace begins to flow. This is one of the first signs that God is working. The second thing God begins to remove is illusion. Many people leave a marriage believing in a fantasy: that they will be happier, freer, more fulfilled. But this illusion does not last long. Reality begins to appear. Flaws that were previously ignored become evident. Comparison begins to happen. What seemed perfect loses its shine. God allows the truth to come to light. Ecclesiastes 7:14 says: “In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will happen after him.” God uses reality to shatter fantasy. And Jeremiah 17:9 says: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” A person begins to realize that they have been deceived by their own heart. The illusion is gradually uprooted, and in its place comes the awareness of the truth.