Cultivating Godly Character Traits

It can seem completely impossible to be all the things we desire, and that God wants for us like a gentle and quiet spirit, patience, peace, love, exercising self-control, gentleness, modesty, meekness, submission, wisdom, humbleness and servitude to name a few. Nothing is impossible with God. He wants to help us become these things. The purpose is to become more Christ-Like.     

I want to truly be all these things and more. I want to shine a light that draws others to Christ, but so often I fail. What am I doing wrong? I am not truly committing myself. I merely think on these character traits once in awhile and then completely forget what being a woman of God looks like. I need to pray over them, and ask God to show me how to cultivate them in my life. These traits are acquired through allowing the Holy Spirit to work through me. I do not do that very often...most of the time I try to do it on my own.

I have decided to stay focused on each character trait until I have established it in my life even if it takes years. I know this will be a huge challenge for me, but I also know that it will draw me closer to the Lord. Have you ever considered doing something like this? 

I am going to be focusing first on cultivating a gentle and quiet spirit. What does this look like? I think it means to think before speaking, to be more concerned with matters of the spirit than with my looks, gossip, speaking critical words, drawing attention to myself instead of to God, and being loud. A gentle and quiet spirit can mean so many things, but mostly I think it is attained by truly allowing the Spirit to work in your life and submitting to God before acting or speaking. I think this trait is invaluable as a wife and mother because the attitudes we have and the state of our spirits can affect every single person in our household.

1 Peter 3: 4 (NIV)

Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

I challenge you to work on cultivating a gentle and quiet spirit until you have grasped it. Let me know if you decide to join in. I would love to encourage you and lift you up in prayer as you embark on a journey to cultivating godly character traits within your life.

Blessings In Christ,

Your Sister

Christina