………………BIBLE KNOWLEDGE IS GOOD……BUT TO ME WISDOM IS LOOKING AT WHATEVER PART WE NEED TO PLAY AND DOING IT FOR THE GOOD OF ALL…………………………………………..serving doesn’t mean we are WEAKER all the time. ACTUALLY IT MEANS WE ARE STRONGER because we are SECURE enough to SERVE WHOEVER…………………………… …………Hosea 4:6 says GOD’S people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge……………… So we should STUDY and LEARN all we can in the bible and from people who can help us in the word………..BUT truly KNOWLEDGE , if we aren’t careful can make us prideful, mean, or do whatever we want without considering the feelings of others….and how something can cause them to stumble in their walk with GOD………………………… ……………1rst Corinthians 8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth………………….. …………Paul knew certain things in the Jewish law they weren’t supposed to eat………….and some they could. HE had great knowledge. But with all of that, he felt CHARITY, ….LOVE for others, NOT to offend them was MORE important to EDIFY them………………….. ………..One GUY was over the bible study. (Honestly he didn’t know much about the bible, but seemed to have a good heart.) So I tried my best to HONOR him as the LEADER. I mean I knew I’d be getting out soon, and he’d be stuck there. And I wanted all there to LOOK AT HIM as the LEADER…..and it seemed GOOD to keep HIM MOTIVATED…………(I believe in letting LEADERS learn to lead, and if they means I BECOME their servant, so be it) ……IT’S not about what I know. It’s more about HELPING them become what THEY NEED to be, SO THEY WILL BE BETTER LEADERS in the KINGDOM for GOD and PEOPLE. (GOD blesses those who sacrifice their pride like that. YOU don’t see it, BUT I KNOW in GOD’S own way HE anoints PEOPLE for doing that even MORE)…………………I always want MORE POWERFUL FUTURE ANOINTING, so I don’t mind HUMBLING myself…………………..I JUST felt , with all I know from the bible, raised in church and around the kingdom, THAT I SHOULD use all of that, to TEACH or SHARE the WORD……but ALSO make sure, AS every one said, WOW, you know the BIBLE, that I would say, THIS MAN is the LEADER….i’m just helping. But he kinda got offended at the things I knew…………and darn near started CORRECTING me on everything I said. (AND VERY WRONG IN HIS CORRECTION. LOL! BASIC things that a NEW BORN CHRISTIAN in church would know.)…………………….But his being offended at me was short lived. Heehee ………..an elder came in, for violating probation. This elder was disobedient to GOD, like me in ways, but the man KNEW the WORD. It’s rare in jail, rehab, streets, situations like that, that someone KNOWS MORE than me. And so when he started TALKING……….I was happy. I LOVE TO LEARN…..IT WILL MAKE ME A BETTER TEACHER………so I soaked it all up. And I would even go to him after the bible study and ask him stuff. I WAS TRYING TO LEARN, and I WANTED A LOT OF THE GUYS TO KNOW………..they should go to that guy. SOAK UP GOD’S WORD…………..that is what I FELT THE SPIRIT told me to DEMONSTRATE and BY ACTIONS tell them. IF I KNEW THE WORD, AND AM STILL LEARNING…………………….i felt THEY would too. But now the FIRST GUY was really upset and offended. (Now he wasn’t as pissed off at me, because this NEW ELDER guy knew even more than me. IT WAS ALL SO SILLY)…………….And here is the thing, I TRIED TO TELL HIM, Brother….don’t be offended. Me and him, the elder will ONLY be here for a short time, THEN YOU’LL be looked at as the SMARTEST GUY again, and YOU ACTUALLY will be WAY MORE KNOWLEDGEBLE to help EVEN more who come here……………………………..THIS IS ALL A BLESSING FOR YOU. LEARN WHAT YOU CAN, DON’T REBUKE ELDERS, AND RIGHT NOW, GET YOUR LITTLE GROUP TO LISTEN TO SOMEONE, THE ELDER WHO KNOWS what he’s talking about…………BUT pride is a funny thing in a sad way……………………..ALL WE as humans know is this thing makes us feel bad, dumb, and less than…………………………………So he’d be trying to rebuke me, AND the Elder, and we’d plainly, IMMEDIATELY show him a scripture, RIGHT in front of everyone and the whole BIBLE CLASS that TOTALLY told him how wrong he was. He finally got so mad, he stopped coming to the bible study ALL TOGETHER…………………………………….This is the POINT………….TRUE LEADERS…………LEAD sometimes perhaps by teaching and being in charge perhaps, BUT also by SERVING, and KNOWING when to be the PRIMARY, and when to be the SECONDARY HELPER…..so the system will work, and MANY PEOPLE can learn and be blessed, without SILLY SQUABBLES that hurt the WHOLE SITUATION……………….. …………And then suddenly, WHILE I was trying to be the SECONDARY, and really SHOW EVERYONE they should LISTEN TO THE ELDER……………THE elder started CORRECTING ME, on EVERY single thing I said. ON STUPID, SILLY, TRIVIAL things……………………………………IT WAS HARD after a few days. WHO WANTS TO BE CORRECTED ON EVERY SINGLE THING THEY SAY, especially when it’s NOT WRONG…………..So I told him, BROTHER you argue with a few people around here on points that aren’t that important. Stuff that make us seem divided. And the ones who don’t know much, get CONFUSED. I said, YOU GOT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE, but it’s not WISE………………….for us NOT to stick TOGETHER. I mean when you say things, I TRY TO back them up, say Amen, even pretend I never heard them before and SUPPORT you. IT’S THE WAY THE KINGDOM WORKS, and WE’RE ON THE SAME TEAM…………………He didn’t really hear me……………….BUT GOD had told me, the HOLY SPIRIT said PLAINLY…………STAY HUMBLE, KEEP HONORING HIM, and DO not get mad and stop talking to him, the elder, or say anything bad about him to others……………………………GOD said, SOMETIMES to make a SITUATION WORK, and PEOPLE LEARN…………………………….SOMEBODY GOTTA TAKE THE HIGH ROAD, AND SUPRESS THEMSELVES, FIGURE OUT WHO IS THE BEST LEAD in the situation………………………………………………………BEING A GOOD TEAM MATE, SERVANT AND DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO MOVE, sometimes means………………………………………..SACRIFICING OUR EMOTIONS, PRIDE, AND FOR THE SAKE OF JESUS…………………………..do what ever it takes, THAT IS BEST for ALL………………………………….here is the GOOD NEWS……………………………WE CAN HAVE KNOWLEDGE, AND WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR IT…………..HERE’S THE BETTER NEWS………………………………..PRAY FOR WISDOM ……WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE………………………………………………………………..Guess what EVEN the CHRISTIANS who knew the LEAST in the bible study saw and pointed out?....................................THEY SAID, THAT ELDER KNOWS A LOT, BUT HE ARGUES TOO MUCH OVER DUMB STUFF, AND HE’S A KNOW IT ALL, and after a few days, THEY didn’t want to hear him as much………………………………………………….I WAS LIKE, LORD it’s time for me to be RELEASED. I got one guy MAD cause I seem to know more than him. I got another guy who knows WAY more than me, BUT acts like I’M TOTALLY STUPID AND WRONG, and all the other guys…………………….NOT INTERESTED ANYMORE cause there is SO MUCH Turmoil in this bible study…………..LOL! ………………………………………….
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:58:23 +0000
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