"Be it far from thee…this shall not be unto thee.”
Matt. 16:22
The title of this article is what Oswald Chambers tags those who meddle in God’s dealings with their loved ones. We make ourselves a man-made shell in their lives to protect them from Divine discomforts. We prevent God from doing His best work in their lives, thereby causing havoc instead of help. Good intentions or not, we, like Peter, become amateur providences when we say, concerning those closest to us, “Be it far from thee…this shall not be unto thee.” To which our Lord answers us, as He did His disciple, “Thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.” His will for his darling Son was to suffer, and it may be the same for your darling.
Chambers writes in another place, “You may see Jesus Christ wreck a life before He rebuilds it.” When will we learn, God’s method is always to, “Root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.” God goes to the foundation when He begins to build a life again; He doesn’t do patch-work, “He makes all things new.” Allow those dear to you to learn the great truth many of us have: At the end of self is God!
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