John 13:36 (Amplified Bible)
Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, where are You going? Jesus answered, You are not able to follow Me now where I am going, but you shall follow Me afterwards.
When Jesus first said to Peter "follow me", (Matthew 4:19), Peter followed with no hesitation, but then after denying Jesus, his spirit broke and when Jesus told him again "follow me", (John 21:19)he then was ready to truly follow Him. The first time Peter followed Jesus it was an external showing, but the second time Peter followed Him, Jesus was asking him to follow fromm the inside out, with his whole being; a complete and total surrender. (John 21:18). The first time, Peter was outwardly excited to follow Jesus, but was still caught up on a whole bunch of personal things in his life which kept him from truly following. The second time, Peter had come to end of himself and therefore could now follow Christ with his whole self, totally building himself through Jesus, ready to accept all He had for him.
We can resolve and try to do everything as much as we want, even with good motive,but it is only when we come to the end of ourselves, and are "invaded" with the Holy Spirit, that things will really begin to change and happen.
(MyUtmost for His Highest-OSwald Chambers)
How many times do we get an idea in our head that we think is right or that we are sure is what God wants us to do? So, we make all the plans and we start out, only to find nothing fits together like we thought it would. Perhaps, this is because we are trying to go out and do things in our own power, not totally surrendering to God. We must come completely to the end of ourselves, where there is nothing left, and then and only then can we be taken over by the Holy Spirit completely, and will be more able to see and do HIS will.
(Kandi)
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Kandi, sometimes I think God leads us done those paths so he can "test" our obediance. "Test" isn't the word I really want to use, because God wouldn't do that, but it will have to work untill I can find another one that will.
I feel he take us down those paths so that we can find a small trail that will lead us to the place that he wants us to be. To be honest we wouldn't have found that small path unless we went down the path that was leading us to "Nowhere."
After networking, God asked me to work on a marriage ministry. Still don't really understand why, but I did it. I pretty much said yes to any ministry that was thrown in my direction, because I didn't have a pasion for anything in paticular. Like you and music and Deb with women. I still do some of them like nursey and coffee for discovery. But I have had to walk away from some of the things I have said yes to. I still haven't done anything with that marriage minstry that I work hard on for 2 months but I still have all of the work that I have done. So who know when/if I will ever put it in motion.
Thanks Bev, I agree completely. somtimes its hard to figure out what He is telling us and what we think He is telling us and sometimes the only way to know is to just step out and try. As long as we are doing it with the right motives, it will all work out in the end most times. :)
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