Every Day is Laundry Day

Ever try not judging?

Wow. Talk about a walk in humility. Try being around other people and not judging them. Try not thinking about how inappropriate their wardrobe is, or how it's bad fashion, or how bad someone smells, or EVEN how someone walks out their walk in Christ. Or how a denomination or even a local church tries to follow Christ.

Wow. It's always there. It permeated my thoughts. How can I love someone like that. How can I pray for someone when they are so blatently out of God's will. God's not going to answer that prayer anyway. Why waste the effort and air?

I was at a healing conference recently and thought how OFF this preacher/teacher was. I think,

"God, the revelation you gave of me is NOT this."


Therefore this guy must be wrong, right? I need to decide that he's wrong, right? After all, the Word says we need to protect our doctrine (our belief system in God). I need to make that judgement... HE'S WRONG!

I keep looking at the word. It does OFTEN say JUDGE FOR YOUR SELVES in Paul's teachings. But it doesn't proclaim that we need to curse how other people are trying to be obedient to Him. If correction is called and God tells us we are to go to our brother and bring a correction, then we do it. But how often do we KNOW God is telling us to lovingly bring correction, or rather are we looking to argue our point, convince them that they are wrong and need to see things the way we do?

There is diversity in this Body of Christ. In his fiancee.... She has many parts. He loves them all about her. He loves her eyes, her mouth, her heart, her hands and feet, he even loves her organs and the blood that flows within her. She is us. We are SUPPOSED to be diverse. We are supposed to have different revelations of God. Think of it this way, if we all stared at bowl of fruit, some people from one side of the room see bananas and pineapple while my side of the room sees grapes, berries and oranges. Who's right? BOTH.

The Bible says we only know in part. We can't know him fully. This healing conference was going to bring forth some healings. How is that possible if their doctrine is OFF? Listen, ALL OF OUR DOCTRINES ARE OFF!

There is no denomination nor is there a non-denominational church that thinks there doctrine is wrong and yet all of their beliefs about who God is and how he operates MUST be flawed somewhere because our perfection is incomplete... our perspective is incomplete.

Humility says, I might be wrong. Humility says, you may have a greater revelation than me, different gifts than me. Humility says I need you because you have something I don't have and I want to be complete. I NEED to be complete.

So if you go to the healing conference and only a couple of people are healed, does that speak about the ministry? It doesn't say anything. It is up to God. He is where the healings come from. There is no formula for healing. Jesus did it different each time. And you don't have to follow ANY of his methods to heal anyone. He just wants us to listen to him and do what he's telling us to do the way he's telling us to do it... to the best of our ability (within our ability to hear Him).

Back to completion... to the body. We need each other. The Lutheran church needs the Baptists and vice versa. The pentacostals need the methodists and vice versa. God has poured his spirit on ALL people. He has anointed us to do His work here on earth.

Once we realize that we don't have it all... and better yet, don't NEED to have it all, then we are ready for the next step, UNITY. I hate asking for help. I'm a man. I want to acheive all the things to do on my own. It's about being victorious over something. Conquering something. I hate asking for help. I hate even asking for tools. I hate bothering people. I also hate looking foolish in front of them. "Can I borrow your table saw? Thanks. By the way, how do you use this?" In the natural world, we want to accumulate enough stuff so that we don't need anyone else's help. We want enough money so we never have to ask others for a hand out. We are perfectly OK GIVING a hand out when we see someone in need. But have you ever put your self out there in front of others asking for prayer because finances are so tight and then they turn around and give you money?

"LOOK HERE! I WANTED GOD TO GIVE ME THE MONEY. It's way too embarassing to think you have to give to me. " Have you ever had some of that money come from someone you KNOW makes less than you and lives in a smaller house and drives a cheaper car? YIKES.

But who cares, is God's response. God owns the cattle on a thousand hills THROUGH people. He has his children who own stuff and are obedient to his call and He IS going to use them.

It's just some random ponderings.

Just remember, she will be perfect, blameless and spotless w/o stain or wrinkle. His bride will be radiant and lovely and He will take all of her for His own.

It's a beautiful thought.

posted by laundryboy @ 7:38 PM