My Fault
4:42 PMIn the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the holy angels I solemnly call upon you to obey these instructions without showing any prejudice or favor to anyone in anything you do. Be in no hurry to lay hands on people to dedicate them to the Lord's service. Take no part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
1 Timothy 5:21-22 GNT
Just observe, obey and do not judge. Do not rush on saving them. Do not take part in doing sin with them and keep yourself in God.
Just last night I was talking to my friend and we had lots of conversations on his craziness. He always jokes around and keeps on making me think he commits sins. I tried to push Him more to the Lord and in a way he got offended. He told me all he was saying are just for fun and that those aren't true. And he also explains to me that he tries his best to make time for God, going to church and praying. I admitted. I judged him. I told him that I was sorry. All I wanted was for him to be at a deeper state of relationship with God. Because as a friend I want him to experience the joy God is giving me because of that kind of relationship. I was too pushy and forceful, I admit. He said he was also sorry this afternoon, but I told him that I should be the one to be saying sorry to him because I was to blame.
The revelation of God to me is so timely, I must say. He wanted me to realize that I should not be judgemental of ones faith in Him. I should have been more understanding and more careful. I should had observed him first. I should not told him things that would offend him and make it look like he had not done enough. I should have stick to God in those kinds of times and just listened to him, and reflect on how God is favoring him these past few days because of his faithfulness. And yes! God is with us both because we are both okay again.
Also I should opt out of instagram pics that were tempting me. It was our way of bonding, sharing pics and commenting on them. But I should not treat them as tempations but of art. But if I can't fight it, I should stop. I should not conform so that I may stay pure and pleasing to God.
Lord I lift Your name on high and glorify You! Thank You for another chance to post here. Thank You for revealing to me what should I do and rebuking my ways to keep me in You. Let this post be a revelation also to my spiritual family to take time in helping to nourish people for You and be patient, not being judgemental, on how and when their faith grows. After all, You are the one who gives us the right timing and pacing for all the things that will come to us, even our calling. Lord, forgive my sins and for choosing to experience the things that might cause me to sin. I know that You want me to be safe and be protected from the enemy. Please do protect and save my family and friends from the enemy as what You continue to do for me. Thank You again. I praise you Lord and pray for these, in Jesus' name. Amen.
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ReplyDeleteI also did the same to one friend of mine whom he admitted he is a womanizer. He is doing something wrong. I judged him and tried to bring him back to God. But that's ineffective, for he resisted and got offended too. I realized - just like how we bring ourselves back to God, how we bring others back to Him will also need many, many small steps. These will then sum up to something of a bigger value, which is when all of us will become closer to Him.
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