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Religions > Bible |
| User: |
"Victor F. Antoine" |
| Date: |
27 Jun 2005 11:00:27 PM |
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Today's Daily Encounter; What We Project |
Today's Daily Encounter
1. What We Project
"If you hold to my teaching, you are really my
disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth
will set you free" (John 8:31-32, NIV).
It's amazing how many people actually blame God, the
devil or anyone else for their own irresponsible
behavior. I have a talk I used to give that I titled,
"The Devil Didn't Make Me Do It--I Can Mess Things Up
All by Myself." And I can. Sure we are all tempted
from time to time but each of us is responsible for
the choice we make either to resist temptation or to
give in to it.
A former supporter of our work, a man in his
mid-thirties complained to me about the opposite sex
because of his repeated experiences in failed
relationships and tried, without success, to get me to
agree with him in his self-justification. No chance. A
distressed young woman bemoans the fact that she and
her boyfriend fell pregnant and wondered why God
allowed it to happen. Amazing? Another man I know is
convinced that there's something wrong with most of
the men he has had dealings with because none of them
like him.
And here's a classic from a woman in a support group I
was leading some time ago. "I can't understand why God
gave me such a terrible husband," she bitterly moaned
in a whiney poor-me tone of voice.
"Who chose your husband?" I asked.
"God did!" she said and was dead serious. Her
avoidance of personal responsibility and denial of
reality was painfully pathetic. There was no way I
could even begin to get her to face reality, let alone
get her to take a good hard look to see the truth about
herself. Without access to the truth there is no
resolution, no recovery, and no freedom.
"When dealing with people [like this]," Jim Rohn says,
"I generally take the obvious approach. When someone
says, 'This always happens to me and that always
happens to me. Why do these things always happen to
me?' I simply say, 'Beats me. I don't know. All I know
is that those kinds of things seem to happen to people
like you.'"
That might sound tough but it's true. The fact is that
what we project is what we get back and what we allow
we reinforce. We either face reality and admit exactly
what our part is in all of these situations and get
into a recovery program, or we continue to repeat our
past negative patterns. As the saying goes, "If we
keep doing what we've always done, we'll keep getting
what we've always got, and we'll keep feeling what
we've always felt." It's either resolution or
repetition.
The only people God or anyone can help are those who
say, "I have a problem. I need help." And as long as
you and I allow people in our life to get away with
boundary-busting, irresponsible behavior, we become a
part of their sickness.
Suggested prayer: "Dear God, whenever I'm in a jam or
caught in a conflict or a problem, please give me the
courage to face reality and see the truth of what I am
contributing to the situation. And then give me the
good sense to do something about it and resolve my
part in it. Thank you for hearing and answering my
prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."
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