November 15, 2005
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Humble yourself…
November 15
“What Is That to You?”
Peter . . . said to Jesus, ’But Lord, what about this man?’ Jesus said to him, ’. . . what is that to you? You follow Me’
—John 21:21-22
One of the hardest lessons to learn comes from our stubborn refusal to refrain from interfering in other people’s lives. It takes a long time to realize the danger of being an amateur providence, that is, interfering with God’s plan for others. You see someone suffering and say, “He will not suffer, and I will make sure that he doesn’t.” You put your hand right in front of God’s permissive will to stop it, and then God says, “What is that to you?” Is there stagnation in your spiritual life? Don’t allow it to continue, but get into God’s presence and find out the reason for it. You will possibly find it is because you have been interfering in the life of another— proposing things you had no right to propose, or advising when you had no right to advise. When you do have to give advice to another person, God will advise through you with the direct understanding of His Spirit. Your part is to maintain the right relationship with God so that His discernment can come through you continually for the purpose of blessing someone else.
Most of us live only within the level of consciousness— consciously serving and consciously devoted to God. This shows immaturity and the fact that we’re not yet living the real Christian life. Maturity is produced in the life of a child of God on the unconscious level, until we become so totally surrendered to God that we are not even aware of being used by Him. When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured-out wine, we have yet another level to reach— a level where all awareness of ourselves and of what God is doing through us is completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint— a saint is consciously dependent on God.
Comments (8)
Word brother.
hey stranger!!! hehehhehe
I am doing good and counting the days to Thanksgiving break cuz I need a break. hehheheheh I enjoyed what you said we gotta always be dependent to God cuz it is him who has made us who we are.
Take care and God bless ya mucho!!!
ok, since you asked, it’s http://www.pearltopia.com. this is my first time writing about it to anyone!
ha…you’re profile pic! that’s fun…^_^ yes, it’s been a while! i hope all is well in your world, brother! God IS good…^_^yeah!
I named him Dooey (short for Amadeus) … that was the name I was going to give my turtle, but theyre too expensive
oh well, a fish will do for now 
Im kind of busy this week, but I can drop by next week, let me know when your schedule is open.
btw… youre paying right?
wow, this post is so good… i needed to hear that… thanks! and thanks for the compliment. i do like to write, but i wasn’t trying to “write,” just trying to telling my morning story…
ryc: i don’t live in the windy city…that would be Chicago…i live in missouri….
indeed He is good! as for BR, im still there. im actually really liking it at the moment. im learning more than ever and am getting motivated to taking it to the next level by wanting to get promoted. life is good too. havent been to church lately due to working on sundays, but hopefully ill be able to make it out in the next couple of weeks. so how are things with you? holla back!!