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- I think maturity is responding
in a biblical manner.
When we make mistakes our
first inclination is to justify ourselves and to perhaps admit
the mistake, but to give the reason that would justify anyone's
similar error.
If God is sovereign and I
am a living sacrifice, there will be times when things occur
in such a way that I will appear foolish or careless or even
deliberately mule-ish. But when these things have happened and
there is nothing I can do to recapture the moment, then I must
move on.
If I have actually done something deliberately
wrong, I must confess it to the Lord. But I must move on. If
I do not, I get stuck in the quicksand of self-justification and am
completely useless. My mind is then on myself, and believe me - there
is no living sacrifice during those hours!
I don't worry about being
an idiot (at least I don't think I do). There is too much to
do, and the needs are too great. I don't want to take myself
so seriously that I miss a beat and furthermore, a living sacrifice
does not lay on the altar and howl and carry on, or write an
affidavit about the last thing that happened to make him feel
insecure.
Can the Lord really
do whatever He wants with you, or is He limited to the things
that don't make you feel secure? This is the measure
of yieldedness.
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