Three fingers point back if we point at someone
Doesn’t matter how far you get in your walk with the Lord,
you end up realizing that you, too, have gunk that needs to be dealt with
When I was seeking the Lord about what to write this morning,
the first thought came to me about some who were deceived about a truth
I did hear the Lord say to Come Follow Me,
He wanted me to let go of that and concentrate on something else
it is not my concern once I have prayed
and I needed just let Him deal with it and not fret, to just forget about it
My mind was still on it, so I thought maybe I’d write about
how a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump,
so I looked up in Galatians 5
The scripture about leaven was there, as I was reading,
there was no revelation about the error, what happened instead was,
I was reminded of a situation I had encountered yesterday
I could feel the gears shifting
and how I really should go back and make sure my heart was clean
I work with a very bossy co-worker
She has control issues
I do not like to be controlled
The only way it works for me to follow the Lord is because I choose to,
if I had to, it wouldn’t work
This lady is not necessarily my enemy
I did think about her that way for a little while,
since yesterday when she was trying to control me
and boss me around when it was not her place
Galatians 5 is filled with the idea of not following the Law
but, rather, being filled with the fruits of the Spirit
The Lord was wanting to teach me something
when I had it in my mind to go off in a different direction
about those who are off in their understanding
I settled on these two verses:
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this;
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
But if ye bite and devour one another,
take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. Verses 14 & 15
That seems to be what the Lord was teaching me
and I realized I was to share my lesson in the writing, the two part lesson:
Trust Him to deal with those who have error or any offense,
it is not in our capabilities to correct others, that is, without the Holy Spirit
He prompted me to point it out, which I had already done
Time to leave it in His hands
The second part is to love people anyway, no matter what they do to you
Love and don’t let the flesh have dominion
This bossy lady is my neighbor as described in scripture,
as are all the bossy people
Let me give grace from my heart as I want to receive grace from the Lord
Lesson learned…until next time
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure,
pressed down, and shaken together, and running over,
shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal,
it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38