{"id":6566,"date":"2012-03-28T06:14:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=6566"},"modified":"2012-03-28T06:44:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T14:44:10","slug":"isn%e2%80%99t-there-some-misunderstanding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=6566","title":{"rendered":"Isn\u2019t There Some Misunderstanding?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u2019Let us go to Judea again.\u2019 The disciples said to Him, \u2019. . . are You going there again?\u2019 \u2014John 11:7-8<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div id=\"post-1013\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9YTZq37OpMw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"575\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nJust because I don\u2019t understand what Jesus Christ says, I have no right to determine that He must be mistaken in what He says. That is a dangerous view, and it is never right to think that my obedience to God\u2019s directive will bring dishonor to Jesus. The only thing that will bring dishonor is not obeying Him. To put my view of His honor ahead of what He is plainly guiding me to do is never right, even though it may come from a real desire to prevent Him from being put to an open shame. I know when the instructions have come from God because of their quiet persistence. But when I begin to weigh the <em>pros<\/em> and <em>cons<\/em>, and doubt and debate enter into my mind, I am bringing in an element that is not of God. This will only result in my concluding that His instructions to me were not right. Many of us are faithful to our ideas about Jesus Christ, but how many of us are faithful to Jesus Himself? Faithfulness to Jesus means that I must step out even when and where I can\u2019t see anything (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+14:29\">Matthew 14:29<\/a>). But faithfulness to my own ideas means that I first clear the way mentally. Faith, however, is not intellectual understanding; faith is a deliberate commitment to the Person of Jesus Christ, even when I can\u2019t see the way ahead.Are you debating whether you should take a step of faith in Jesus, or whether you should wait until you can clearly see how to do what He has asked? Simply obey Him with unrestrained joy. When He tells you something and you begin to debate, it is because you have a misunderstanding of what honors Him and what doesn\u2019t. Are you faithful to Jesus, or faithful to your ideas about Him? Are you faithful to what He says, or are you trying to compromise His words with thoughts that never came from Him? \u201cWhatever He says to you, <em>do it<\/em> \u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+2:5\">John 2:5<\/a>).<\/div>\n<div>________________________________________________<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>March 28, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Lord,<\/p>\n<p>Thank You for Your redemption, grace and mercy. Thank You for washing me clean every day, and allowing me to start fresh. I recall that You said You are the God \u201cI am\u201d and I took that to mean that You are with me right now; in the present. That I find You in the present. I cannot find you in my yesterdays or my tomorrows; I find You living and breathing life into me in the present. Thank You for reminding me that I can always find You in the present moment.<\/p>\n<p><em>And God says\u2026\u201dYesterdays are where you find regret and guilt; you will not find me there. Tomorrow is where you find your anxiety and fear. You will not find me inside of your anxiety, worry and fear. You will find Me holding you right now, in the present. Seek and you shall find; knock and the door will be opened. Let go of your yesterdays, and tomorrows and live with Me in the present. I give you this day,<br \/>\nyour daily bread\u2026that is to say that I give you all that you need for this day.\u00a0You live the abundant life, when you live one day at a time, immersed in My\u00a0love, grace, mercy and power. Simply close your eyes, and feel My arms around\u00a0 you, present in your day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2019Let us go to Judea again.\u2019 The disciples said to Him, \u2019. . . are You going there again?\u2019 \u2014John 11:7-8 Just because I don\u2019t understand what Jesus Christ says, I have no right to determine that He must be mistaken in what He says. That is a dangerous view, and it is never right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6566"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6566"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6573,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6566\/revisions\/6573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}