“Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.” Micah 7:5
This carries several admonitions, among which are:
–Fleshly ties have a way of influencing us to the extent of not even thinking objectively, but rather just getting on board with the thinking of those we care about. Thus the constraints of relationships may very well draw one into the erroneous opinions of those they have strong feelings for.
–Putting too much confidence in the will and way of others, will have the same results as putting too much confidence in one’s own will and way: “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.” Jeremiah 10:23
“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord.” (Isaiah 6:1) Sometimes it involves the complete removal of someone or something else from the picture, before one’s mind becomes centered wholly on the Lord’s will and way.
“Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the Word of God: whose faith follow.” (Hebrews 13:7) A God called and Spirit led minister has as his goal, to have no other agenda than proclaiming God’s Word for the people’s understanding. Those who hear, accept and believe God’s Word, are able to discern his faith in following God’s Word, to not just be his personal opinion. It is a serious spiritual error to dismiss the preaching of God’s Word as being nothing more than the preacher’s personal opinion.
We have to have a place in our heart where we meet with God alone, independent of all other influences and persuasions, where we can examine ourselves, our issues of life, our thinking process, our judgments, in light of the wisdom and understanding of God’s Word only, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, in order to prove what is that good, acceptable and perfect will of God.
“Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee, Likewise also said all the disciples.” (Matthew 26:35) As the disciples followed Peter’s lead, they dulled their ears to hear Christ’s admonition: “Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matthew 26:41) Thus they were no more prepared for what they would face than Peter was: “Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.” (Matthew 26:56) Only by wholly following the Lord, will we have the needed deliverance.
SHARING
