Lord, what shall this man do? . . What is that to thee?
     Follow thou Me.

     — John 21:21,2

One of our severest lessons comes from the stubborn refusal to see
that we must not interfere in other people’s lives. It takes a long
time to realize the danger of being an amateur providence, that is,
interfering with God’s order for others. You see a certain person
suffering, and you say – He shall not suffer, and I will see that he
does not. You put your band straight in front of God’s permissive
will to prevent it, and God says – “What is that to thee?” If there
is stagnation spiritually, never allow it to go on, but get into
God’s presence and find out the reason for it. Possibly you will find
it is because you have been interfering in the life of another;
proposing things you had no right to propose; advising when you had
no right to advise. When you do have to give advice to another, God
will advise through you with the direct understanding of His Spirit;
your part is to be so rightly related to God that His discernment
comes through you all the time for the blessing of another soul.

Most of us live on the borders of consciousness – consciously
serving, consciously devoted to God. All this is immature, it is not
the real life yet. The mature stage is the life of a child which is
never conscious; we become so abandoned to God that the consciousness
of being used never enters in. When we are consciously being used as
broken bread and poured-out wine, there is another stage to be
reached, where all consciousness of ourselves and of what God is
doing through us is eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint;
a saint is consciously dependent on God.

On this day...

• Daniel 1 - 2023
• Jeremiah 5 - 2023
• JC Ryle Category - 2011
• Global Missions - 2011
• Unreached of the Day - Prayer - 2011
• Deuteronomy 15:15 - 2011
• ANGER - 2011
• BOLD - 2011
• BLAMELESS - 2011
• WICKED - 2010