Everyone will see the wrongs they have committed, sooner or later. Not everyone is eager or ready to seehow they are failing in this life-time.Sometimes I have to let them go ahead & do something, even if it entails mistakes & wrongs, just in order for
something
to get done...If you're only focusing on the flesh & the blunders & mistakes My people make, you're doomed todisappointment & failure.If the people around you have become a disappointment & you're blaming Me for it, the reason I'mallowing this is so that you will put your faith in Me, not in them, put your eyes on Me, not them. Only I canhelp you make it through the night! You're supposed to be
My
follower, not
theirs
. Or if you want to be
their
follower, follow them in the
spirit
& look at them with the eyes of the
spirit
,
not
the eyes of the flesh!Look at them as those who are fragile just like you, who make mistakes just like you, who doubt & waver just like you, but they just won't give up, even if they're tempted to. Look at them as those who've gotnothing in this World & nowhere to turn but to Me. As long as
you
keep toying with
other
options, of course you will be double-minded. You've got to learn to love folks even with their mistakes, just like they love you with yours. "Love thesinner & hate the sin" doesn't really mean, like you apply it: "Sure, I'll love the sinner. As soon as he getsrid of the sin!" Imagine if that were My attitude! No, loving the sinner means loving them
in spite
of their sin & patiently helping them to overcome their sin & having the faith that will eventually manage to do soby My grace!Overcoming mistakes, faults & weaknesses & sins is one of the major objectives in life. Your weaknesses& sins are an important part of this school of life. If I would have sent you all perfect to this Earth, whatwould there be to learn? What would there be to save? What purpose would there have been for Me tocome & live & die for?It's easy to find fault! It's easy to see the mistakes in others & where they screwed up & how difficultthey're making your life, and "if you look for the bad in people, you're going to find it!" But I say, look atthe good! Count your blessings! Life could be much worse than this! But don't even focus on how muchworse things are going to get or could be, but focus on how good you've had it, and most of all, on howgood it's still going to be!An unforgiving & self-righteous attitude in itself becomes worse than the mistake that was committed bythe other party.Everyone makes mistakes, including you, and forgiveness and being forgiven are simply integral parts of the school of life. So, don't view mistakes you or others make as some kind of permanent, irreparabledamage, but remember that even those serve My purpose & work together for good in the long run.Paying attention to the details will help you not to overlook important factors, it will teach you patience &the importance of little things. It will help you to not so easily misjudge or misunderstand things, not tomake snap judgments. If you realize how much hinges & depends on little things, you will learn to holdyour peace on a matter until you're certain you've got all the details straight & you're not missing out onany of the factors in the equation, and you'll see, you'll be a lot less prone to making mistakes in your life. You haven't really learned all there is to learn out of these lessons yet, and some of the mistakes you madeyou're not even aware of.If whatever your brother does causes you to stumble or give up, that brother may be held responsible for his mistakes, but
you
will be held responsible for your own decision to focus on his faults instead of Me,and whatever your looking at the waves will result in. If you want victory, you've got to keep looking at Me.Everything else will only spell defeat...It's good to come out straight-forward when you see a mistake: "Oh, I don't think that was right. I don'tagree." This is much better than keeping it in & letting it all out later in a barrage of bitter questions,remarks, statements & accusations.It's time to quit repeating the same mistakes over & over again, of just doing what comes naturally, theobvious, without even bothering to ask Me about it & consult with Me. You've got to keep pouring and pouring out that healing balm of love and forgiveness, letting them knowthat no matter how many mistakes they'll make, many waters cannot quench this fire of My love for them.
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