Hi there,
So I thought this was a neat angle, on something Jesus said - something which is hard to learn: that is, Jesus said
This seems daunting, at first, because there is a lot we would like to be able to do, without Jesus, or at least without respect to Jesus, whatever it is we want to do. But the point can be made with a simple contrast, namely: "apart from Me you can do nothing, but (more to the point) you need not do everything, if you have Me". The lesson here is simple, God calls us to a life of humility, not perdition. Though one can be mistaken for the other, more often than not, with practice it comes to be easy to see that there is a far less asked than is actually done, at least to begin with.
You may think "if I was a Christian, I wouldn't be the hypocrite that Christians are" but then you become a Christian and you start to think "why do I want to do so much - even more than I say I want to do" - the reason is clear you are presuming doing something to be the same as doing everything: that is not the case. The truth is if with Jesus you can do something, then with the Holy Spirit you are able to "add to the something you can already do" - not in exception to it, but in addition and extension to what Jesus makes possible. That is the point, unless you are de facto doing the work, what you are talking about is "possibility".
If you are a master of possibility - as all Christians in Spirit are - you are a master of the awareness of when what you have is because you asked for it, and when what you have is because you wanted to ask for it but you never really knew why: you never really knew why because in principle you were under the influence of an anti-Christ, while in the world and you were faced with leaving it that way, when you came to the faith (not because you were evil, but because evil does not deserve the attention of the faith, once faith has been established - I am giving it attention here, but only to prove that you need not fear, what "doing everything" implies). It is possible to be a Christian, and know "this is a work of the Lord".
If you can understand this, you can avoid the snare of the world altogether! The world thinks believing something means becoming a slave to it, doing what it asks of you, no matter what it is - don't think that way! It may be a struggle at first, but the voice of the Holy Spirit only gets "calmer" - you can trust what He says. The time will come when you will laugh at how much you thought you would have to do to keep God happy, it's not far off from now in fact. The point you will remember will be "doing something for God is wise, but not attempting to do everything is equally wise".
I hope this reaches you, in the faith in which the Holy Spirit inspired it, that you grow from it and learn to practice patience in it, for the good of the work that the Lord Jesus Christ does. In Jesus's Name Amen.
Remember what Jesus said "Mary has chosen that good part and it will not be taken from her" (Luke 10:41)
So I thought this was a neat angle, on something Jesus said - something which is hard to learn: that is, Jesus said
(the emphasis being on "apart from Me you can do nothing")Jesus Christ said:
This seems daunting, at first, because there is a lot we would like to be able to do, without Jesus, or at least without respect to Jesus, whatever it is we want to do. But the point can be made with a simple contrast, namely: "apart from Me you can do nothing, but (more to the point) you need not do everything, if you have Me". The lesson here is simple, God calls us to a life of humility, not perdition. Though one can be mistaken for the other, more often than not, with practice it comes to be easy to see that there is a far less asked than is actually done, at least to begin with.
You may think "if I was a Christian, I wouldn't be the hypocrite that Christians are" but then you become a Christian and you start to think "why do I want to do so much - even more than I say I want to do" - the reason is clear you are presuming doing something to be the same as doing everything: that is not the case. The truth is if with Jesus you can do something, then with the Holy Spirit you are able to "add to the something you can already do" - not in exception to it, but in addition and extension to what Jesus makes possible. That is the point, unless you are de facto doing the work, what you are talking about is "possibility".
If you are a master of possibility - as all Christians in Spirit are - you are a master of the awareness of when what you have is because you asked for it, and when what you have is because you wanted to ask for it but you never really knew why: you never really knew why because in principle you were under the influence of an anti-Christ, while in the world and you were faced with leaving it that way, when you came to the faith (not because you were evil, but because evil does not deserve the attention of the faith, once faith has been established - I am giving it attention here, but only to prove that you need not fear, what "doing everything" implies). It is possible to be a Christian, and know "this is a work of the Lord".
If you can understand this, you can avoid the snare of the world altogether! The world thinks believing something means becoming a slave to it, doing what it asks of you, no matter what it is - don't think that way! It may be a struggle at first, but the voice of the Holy Spirit only gets "calmer" - you can trust what He says. The time will come when you will laugh at how much you thought you would have to do to keep God happy, it's not far off from now in fact. The point you will remember will be "doing something for God is wise, but not attempting to do everything is equally wise".
Gottservant said:
I hope this reaches you, in the faith in which the Holy Spirit inspired it, that you grow from it and learn to practice patience in it, for the good of the work that the Lord Jesus Christ does. In Jesus's Name Amen.
Remember what Jesus said "Mary has chosen that good part and it will not be taken from her" (Luke 10:41)
