Sharon I want to share this little tidbit that I heard at a bible study last Friday. It was so helpful to me that I went home ready to bounce off the wall. But 1st I need to give you a little background scenery for you to understand why it blessed me so.
Remind everyone of these things,
and command them
in God's name to stop fighting over words.
Such arguments are useless,
and they can ruin those who hear them.
Work hard so God can approve
you.
Be a good worker,
one who does not need to be ashamed
and who
correctly explains the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:14-15
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As you know I've come out of a difficult circumstance and I understand that a lot of others have too. God calls us to be His servants and as we grow and are moved into a place of ministry there are those who are intimidated by the impact that we make in the kingdom of God. They begin to say and do things to put us in our place so to speak but really it is so that they can still feel that they're in control.
I have been taught to respect my elders and those who are in authority over me, and in trying to be submissive to those who are over me I found myself keeping my mouth shut when things were said or done that I knew to be wrong.
At the bible study, the subject was faith. Now on the subject of faith, I have also been taught that in trusting God and acting on faith I should trust in Him and His word blindly. (Him yes, but man no.) A man or woman who needs to feel in control will use the word to their advantage.
God has given us an intellect, common sense to use as well as the ability to "blindly" trust Him. But we need to understand that we must learn to rightly divide the word of truth, because when we do, the control that men try to have over us will no longer work. Because we will know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are following Gods word and being led by His Spirit, not by the control of man.
When we line up with God's word and do what is right and pleasing in His sight there is no one who can speak against you and put themselves in a good light. For in this God is our defender.
I had been living under condemnation thinking that when I made a stand
for the truth that I was being rebellious. My intellect was saying to me
this is not right and don't put up with this. But doctrines drilled into
me kept me from acting on what I knew to be truth. No More!
Karen
Trevino!
Karen has a devotional page on this website. If you were encouraged by
this, I'm sure you will be encouraged by Reflections
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