Spirit-Controlled Temperament

For several decades we have heard a lot about behavior modification —various attempts aimed at changing human behavior (for the better I would hope). Some attempts are good and some are bad. The one I find most helpful, without negative side effects, is the change that takes place when someone accepts Christ and allows the Holy Spirit to change his or her life.

Some Christians erroneously think that their temperaments have changed, but that is impossible. As we have already seen, we are born with them. The Holy Spirit can, however, modify our temperaments so that they appear to have been changed.

The truth is, extroverts are extroverts —all their lives. But when a hard-driving, demanding, angry person becomes gracious and tenderhearted, that person seems at first glance to have had a change of temperament. Actually, God has strengthened that person’s weaknesses. Similarly, when fearful, timid individuals who limit God’s use of their lives by unbelief become more trusting and venturesome, we think they have had a change of temperament. The truth is, God has strengthened their weaknesses. And be sure of this, we all need that kind of modification.

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