Are you ignoring God? Has he asked you to go somewhere and do something that you don’t want to do? How fast are you running in the wrong direction?
Learning About His Ways
By Oswald Chambers
When Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples…He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities. —Matthew 11:1
He comes where He commands us to leave. If you stayed home when God told you to go because you were so concerned about your own people there, then you actually robbed them of the teaching of Jesus Christ Himself. When you obeyed and left all the consequences to God, the Lord went into your city to teach, but as long as you were disobedient, you blocked His way. Watch where you begin to debate with Him and put what you call your duty into competition with His commands. If you say, “I know that He told me to go, but my duty is here,” it simply means that you do not believe that Jesus means what He says.
He teaches where He instructs us not to teach. “Master…let us make three tabernacles…” (Luke 9:33).
Are we playing the part of an amateur providence, trying to play God’s role in the lives of others? Are we so noisy in our instruction of other people that God cannot get near them? We must learn to keep our mouths shut and our spirits alert. God wants to instruct us regarding His Son, and He wants to turn our times of prayer into mounts of transfiguration. When we become certain that God is going to work in a particular way, He will never work in that way again.
He works where He sends us to wait. “…tarry…until…” (Luke 24:49). “Wait on the Lord” and He will work (Psalm 37:34). But don’t wait sulking spiritually and feeling sorry for yourself, just because you can’t see one inch in front of you! Are we detached enough from our own spiritual fits of emotion to “wait patiently for Him”? (Psalm 37:7). Waiting is not sitting with folded hands doing nothing, but it is learning to do what we are told.
These are some of the facets of His ways that we rarely recognize.
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We’ve met many Job’s comforters over the years… Always people who follow God and, I’d assume, simply allowing fear in their own life to spill over into ours
We need to be so careful, as Christians, not to stifle others lives and walks with God, just because we don’t get what He is asking of them
Since I can’t hear God’s voice sufficiently clearly in my own life, I reserve my thoughts on decisions others make unless God gives me something specific for them, and a burden to share it
But I also, always, tell them to check with God, themselves, if what I’m saying is actually for them, or not – because I’m fallible
Good post – thanks
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Exactly! We never know what God is asking of others. We need to be encouraging at ALL TIMES!
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“Waiting is not sitting with folded hands doing nothing, but it is learning to do what we are told.” Good point. I’ve never been to a restaurant and seen a waiter sitting with folded hands. 😉
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I love Oswald Chambers! He always instructs me and challenges me in my Christian walk! Thanks for sharing!
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My pleasure 😊
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