Winning the War Within
Romans 14:22b “Blessed are those who don’t feel guilty for doing something they have decided is right.”
“Conflicted” (by @rehmahz feat. Darla Baltazar) is a song about the internal struggle of wanting to listen to God’s word, but being pulled by the standards of the world. Growing more mature in Christ is learning that we need to make up our minds to say no to the patterns of the world. A line from the song goes:
“I don’t wanna impress, I don’t wanna be something that I’m not.”
One of the ways this applies to me is sometimes in my creativity, where it’s more of a beautiful mess than anything, God leads me to try out all sorts of creative directions that may not be the most “coherent” for other people.
But God always reminds me to focus on Him, and faithfully share His message in all the creative ways that He inspires me to do. He always tells me, “Message over music, Darla.” It takes a lot of faith, if I’m honest, and I know that I have fellow creatives here who understand that.
If that’s you, I encourage you to keep going by faith. Don’t doubt the wonderful gifts that God has given you even if you think it’s not the best or if anyone’s gonna like it. Most times creating and sharing art is not really a moral issue, but an issue of faith.
Will you take the step and let God work through you?
“Conflicted” by @rehmahz feat. Darla Baltazar is now out in the following platforms:
(This post was taken from Darla Baltazar’s post from Instagram on June 3, 2022.)
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We are vessels made to be occupied by one thing only. We can deny self and choose Christ, or deny Christ and choose self. It will always be one or the other.