Wake Up, Look Up

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hello everyone thanks for listening to

wake up lookup a podcast where we

connect events happening in real time to

the Gospel of Jesus Christ I'm Zach wck

and in today's episode we're asking the

question is guilt good that's because of

an article I read recently an opinion

piece actually where the author was

arguing that maybe we've misunderstood

guilt now when you think of guilt it's

really important that you divide it the

article says into two categories and I

don't know if I'd heard these before but

they're super helpful one is what they

called normal guilt and then the other

is maladaptive guilt normal guilt is

guilt you feel when you've done

something wrong when you've told a lie

when you've hurt someone's feelings it

it is a kind of guilt that leads to a

moral Compass it's the kind of guilt

that has you go do something about it

that that drives you to make a hard

decision when a hard decision needs to

be made uh maladaptive guilt is guilt

that we tend to pick up from childhood

it it's the guilt and shame that was

associated with when you didn't clean

your room or you didn't get the grade or

you disappointed someone we tend to

carry that with us into adulthood so

that often times we feel guilty even

when no one really has been hurt or we

feel guilty when no one's really asking

us to and here's the thing guilt

psychosomatically produces things in

your body when you're feeling guilty

your body is not doing well your your

body is kind of wearing that stress and

that's okay with normal guilt because

Normal guilt tends to result in you

doing something about it which relieves

the bodily difficulties but maladaptive

guilt is guilt you can't actually

address if the source of your guilt is

the shame you bring with you from

childhood pretty tough to unpack that in

a couple of minutes where you sit so

it's guilt that ends up manifesting in

physical ways that we can't or don't

shake so is guilt good sometimes but a

lot of times the shame we're carrying is

shame that we shouldn't be carrying

shame that we we can't actually do

anything about and shame that is

destroying our bodies so what do we do

with that well it's interesting and this

is maybe the most interesting part the

article said there are three steps you

need to take first you need to name your

guilt in other words you need to

acknowledge I am feeling guilty and and

this is why second you need to own

whatever you've actually done if if your

guilt is because you've made a mistake

or because you've wronged someone you

have to own that and then third you have

to actually address it you need to take

the steps necessary to alleviate it it's

it's interesting to me as always because

the Bible's already been saying that for

2,000 years in fact it made me think of

Paul in 2 Corinthians 7 when he said

that Godly grief produces sorrow that

leads to Salvation that's because Godly

grief the idea that I'm a sinner I've

sinned against God I will one day be

held accountable results in me crying

out for God's mercy it results in me

owning my sin or me seeking repentance

and reconciliation with God and with

those around me because I think here's

the thing spiritually we've been

equipped biblically to sort through

normal and maladaptive guilt and the way

you know that is the thing that I'm

feeling guilty about is that something

that God has said is good for me or not

good for me in other words am I feeling

guilty because I've actually stepped

outside the authority and command of

Jesus can I find something in the Bible

that would say to me what I've done or

said is wrong and if so then I should

listen to not just the Bible but science

when it tells me the way out of that is

to name it to own it and to fix it some

of us are carrying around guilt and

shame that can easily be solved by a

phone call where we say I'm sorry what

can I do will you forgive me here's the

other thing those of us that are are

carrying guilt of the more maladaptive

kind those of us that are bringing with

us shame from the past shame from the

way we were raised or from things that

we've long since confessed and been

forgiven of we can let that go by saying

Jesus actually either has forgiven this

or never actually said this is wrong the

truth is most of us would be a lot

healthier if we replace the voice in our

head and in our heart by taking out our

mom or our dad or our grandparent former

boss former spouse former boyfriend

sibling and replacing that with the

voice of Jesus because what we would

find is that whenever he tells us we are

actually wrong he's leading us to God

Godly grief which will produce salvation

and when he tells us that we actually

aren't wrong or that we've actually been

forgiven he's giving us the ability and

the permission to Let It Go are you

carrying grief are you you feeling

guilty where do you go with that you go

to Jesus and let him sort through it and

then let him tell you what to do with it

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