One of the hardest things for most people is to be the student. To apply what we teach, advise, counsel, share with others to our own lives. This is why lawyers should not be their own defense, counselors need a therapist (vice versa) & doctors make the worst patients. How frustrating & painful it is when we see others lives spiraling b/c they are their own counsel yet not applying the advice they give others. Will we miss it, sure but let's use 2016 (no, start today) to seek to always be the 1st partaker of a (life) lesson, a message, a quote or experience.
Don't just post it for others, sit & hear the message wishing the other person was there to hear it or watch it & make it about them. Take it in for yourself 1st. Eat the whole roll & digest it 1st for you, your life, situation & your character! God allowed you to see it, hear it, read it, experience it (1st) for a reason! Believe it or not, it is something in it for you to glean & gain from as well. Learn from your lectures & pretty posts.
Life application : End each post, message you' hear or read, etc. with: Does that apply to me, Is that me, What can I take away from this for me, What can I learn from this, etc. Pause, think about it & digest it! If it relates, apply it and grow!
God sent His son (The Savior of the Word) for us to have life, to be whole and free. Often what HE sends our way and allows us to encounter that we say, "That is good...I wish such and such was here to hear that...I hope such and so read this...Oooo this is just what they need..." the reality and truth is that often it is in part or in whole for us now or will be for us later! Don't resist or rebel against, deny or reject Truth, God, His Word, The Holy Spirit, the Message or the Messenger HE is using for you to get it! Ask for an ear to hear what God is saying to you - first! Read it, hear it, receive it, apply it, live it FIRST for yourself...Then be wise in how to advise! Seek to be the 1st partaker!
“Therefore, in all things He (Jesus, you & me) had to be made like His brethren (first) that He might be a merciful, faithful and prudent (wise) High Priest (intercessor, Christian) in things pertaining to God, to make (be the) propitiation (full payment) for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself (first) has suffered and been tempted, He is (fully) able to aid those who suffer and are tempted. Therefore, holy brethren, (now) partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus (who experienced it & lived it first),...Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness,..."" Hebrews 2:17-18, 3:1,7,8
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