This reminded me of what I would call the pendulum-syndrome- in other words, the extremist. When one is at A, he continues to look in the same direction until he realizes how extreme he has been, and then a teaching might result a change and then sway him in the opposite, and inertia sets in. Bible says that our path is a narrow one, almost akin to the one single lowest point on the course of a pendulum's swing. So often we pass it, and so often we let it pass by, satisfied with our occasional passing and contented in the swinging game. Only those who keep their eyes fixed, and the mind set on the Centre- they are the ones who persevered and will be called good and faithful servants.
Therefore, I feel sad. Indeed we ought not to over commit, and we ought to do only what we see the Father do (hear what He calls us to do), but how much of that has been watered down to contain our own lackluster motivation to work and just being comfortable in the "current state". Of course, God would not call us to an area where we do not have heart for, but where our faith lies become extremely obvious thereafter. Do we trust that God gives us the heart (it may not be there initially, but He develops it as we respond to His call) or do we just willfully brush it aside and say "this is totally not for me".
Sometimes, concerns frame us up so badly, and hence suffocate and choke our destiny. A love-driven concern goes for the people; other concerns go for the situation: and it only shows the insecurity manifested in the need to be in control (one of the underlying factors for many of the psychological disorder).
My conviction is simple: when God shows us something and touches us somewhat, it is not for us to understand (it'd be a bonus if we do), but it is for us to respond. We saw the hurt and we ached in the heart; we saw the injustice and we fumed within; we saw transformation and we feel a relieving joy. All these do not lay just as that (they can if we want them to), but I want to and I pray for many to desire the same- for a Joshua 10 experience, to be a man who commanded the planets and pressed in for complete victory.
It is one man's teaching that the devil keeps us away from God by keeping us busy- by filling up our times with the dos in order to compromise our need to "be" (in His presence); the contrary is true too when the master of lies plant in us an idea that we are ONLY called into where we think we ought to be placed in. My take is this: compassion can only come from Him, and if He helps us to see the needs, He has already called. Each of us has a different capacity so never let other people's judgment/gauge of too-much/too-little affect how we serve and respond to Him (find our security in Him, not men's affirmation). Know this well: the spiritual realm can be complicated or it can be simple: the latter splits it into two camps (God's and the enemy's), and the warfare ought to be understood to help us fight it. The devil's ploy is to keep us away from God, not to keep us from doing too much/little. So by changing the amount that we do, we change nothing, lest we bring in the element of drawing back to God. If we are too busy, we seek God, and if that requires us to drop certain things we drop VERSUS If we are too busy, we drop things and make space to seek God. The former is an act of submission of obedience, the latter is an act of control; the former sees God as the solution but the latter sees God as a problem; the former finds peace, but he latter struggles to keep peace. Both look the same, but in essence they show a very different heart.
Hear me out, I don't believe (it's definitely no coincidence) that we are to be mere audience in any one areas of His works. Jesus did not reject any prayer requests; as much as He was not a wish-granting genie, He answered every request in accordance with a divine knowledge that comes out of a genuine conviction of the power and the Spirit. Men may not know what they ask, but God knows how to answer even the wrong questions: our role usher in God's presence and lift the issue up to Him! Being ACTIVELY engaged in the battles of the Lord is a privilege that is ours to lose.
Don't be an extremist: a season that teaches us how to say no is a season that teaches us discernment to decide what is and what is not; not a broad brush that paints big N-O in every thing that comes out way.
I wanna rally God's people to effect a change.
"Having seen all this you can choose to look the other way, but you can never say again, 'I do not know'."
~William Wilberforce~
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