Tonight, I went to CR and heard a powerful testimony I could relate to. I was very blessed and encouraged. I am not sure if it was due to the testimony or abstaining from the television lately, or certain prayers, or just over time itself, but as God willed it He spoke to my heart and said, “You don’t have to be responsible for someone else’s emotions.“
It’s so amazing EVERY time God speaks through His Son, Heb. 1:2. I mean I can read for decades the sky is blue, but then Jesus says, “The sky is blue”, and it takes on a whole new meaning that I never knew existed. Perhaps, the testimony giver tonight imparted grace. When people open their hearts and are transparent in CR and acknowledge specifically and detailed how God has intervened and transformed their lives a familiarity can be created, 1Thess. 2:8. If I can relate to a testimony on a “heart level” then my heart is opened. If my heart is opened, grace has worked in this person’s life, His word is being declared then this is fertile ground for seed of His word to be buried, or water inside to blossom or bloom depending on the seed relation to what is being heard.
It also seems the Lord knows the EXACT time to speak His word. Wow, man that’s so crazy. Boggles me little mind. Ok, so it seems that He also spoke to me in my heart because He knew where my heart was. Another Wow. Who is this Jesus? One day, I will meet Him. The One Who was and is and is to come.
That was an awesome tangent.
Back to what I heard.
Eph. 6:6, “Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.”
Col. 3:22, “Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God.”
Looks like a servant of Christ is not responsible for someone else’s emotions1. So, whoopty do. This is a theological term. And I didn’t even go to Bible college. Lol. Well, for me personally, when I saw this and its implication in my own life I felt a burden lifted. I came home to write it down immediately. God said write it down! Light will flash and then the flash is gone. I pray in the time to come this word compound exponentially unto the fullness of His stature in me and His beloved Body. Should be exciting.
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