You ever wake up and everything is just wrong it feels? Last Friday, that was me....
Everything was wrong, and I felt bitter. I was angry for really no reason, and my anger (thankfully) did not come out on anyone. It was just one of those days and thankfully it was my day off and the people at work and my wife did not have to see me that way. I did hear something inside saying something to do though. What I heard was go and talk with Rick (Sr. Pastor at the church) and tell him what is going on. I heard the voice inside to have him pray for me. So I did, and it was really good for me. I felt better in my heart as I drove away. The I go get my tires replaced and I have to wait 3 hours for them to be done. That didn't bother me at all, so I just went over to Starbucks and read for my ethics class. While I was sitting there, there was a man next to me that looked over and said, "What are you reading?" I told him that it was a book on Christian Ethics, and that is when the guy went off on me. I am not talking about the usual "I dissagree with you" tone, but the man went psycho billy ninja on me for about 20 min. Serriously, GOd was with me in that moment, because the "human" side of me wanted to ninja him up but once again, I heard a calm voice within saying, "Just listen to him!!!" I sat through 20 min of some of the most brutal attach on not just Christianity, but CHrist himself. But I listened, and I listened. When he was done, he said, "So big shot, what did he [Jesus] do for you?" I shared with him in about 2 paragraphs worth of my testamony and he was calm! The guy that just went off on me was calm! He did not say a word, just sat in his seat. Nothing else happened, but 2 min went buy and he calmly got up and walked out the door. I have no idea what happened in him, or what the Spirit of God was doing right there in the moment, but it was cool. What if I would have spoken up against the Spirit's direction, I have been asking myself? COuld he have been definsive? I have all the right to stand up for my Savior, but God was saying wait Joel, just wait for my ok.
That is one thing that impresses me about Jesus so much as we read in scriptures. Jesus waited on what God wanted him to do. Not just that, but Jesus' and His Father's relationship was so tight, that the Father even told Jesus how to say it! When, how, what body language, tone and timing.
We get caught up sometimes and try to overstep God and forget that it is better in His timing. In a time of crisis (does not even have to be a time of crisis), when was the last time that you listened that intently to God's direction? What might happen in you if you obeyed? What could happen to others if you obeyed that closely?
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