Forgetting Myself

Today’s message from God Calling – A.J. Russell, reminds us not to expect a world in which all is in harmony with us.  Rather, we should humble ourselves, forgetting ourselves, and remembering God instead.   I thought I got this the first time I read it.  But it goes so much deeper and reaches so much farther than just striving to do things God’s way.  It’s about so much more than trying to be a good Christian.

Forgetting myself and choosing God instead frees me from injury to ego, and to my spirit.  When I choose God’s way, I’m looking through His eyes, I’m operating according to His heart (grace and mercy, and compassion).  This frees me from feeling rejected, or from fear, and even anger or indignation.  When I’m operating out of God’s heart and according to His will, I can more easily perceive the other’s need, the other’s heart.  I don’t even hear the insult(s) or feel the disdain and/or rejection.

Romans 15:3 – “For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”  That’s a powerful revelation for us.  When we operate out of God’s heart, forgetting our “self,” those insults and rejections, the fears and doubts, the weariness and hopelessness are absorbed by God, Himself.  They are changed by His mercy and grace, becoming tools and stepping stones for us.  Through them, we are empowered to feel and extend mercy, grace, love, peace, power.

Our task is not to force others to come into accord with us, or to be in harmony with us.  Rather, we are to come into harmony, or to remain in harmony and unbroken accord with God.  When we do this, we maintain our own heart’s peace.  “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” (Proverbs 4:32)

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Copyright by Marina Morrison (aka) Eden Stillwater, May 8, 2019, 6 p.m.