I understand both sides of the situation, beleive me. That is why he need and have been sent the Holy Ghost, so we know when to move and when not to move.
Listen carefully. Many times people miss their destiny by allowing themselves to be distracted by people who actually do not want to be out their situation. There are a lot of people who are hungering and thirting to be whole, but they don't know what to do or how to go about it. I can't have my time and energy drained (yes, I said my time and energy drained) by those who actually just want someone to wallow with them.
Beleive me, they have four or five others who they are on the phone with when they let you off the line.
The devil is very wiley, folks. Very wiley. Don't think for a minute that the enemy doesn't know where you will be the most effective, where you will make the most impact and where you will be the most blessed. If he knows he can distract you with what looks like ministry but isn't, he will tie you up for years.
I would have to respectfully disagree with some of the statements. When Jesus came to the man at the pool, He asked an unusual question. He asked, "Do you want to made whole?"
Isn't that a strange question to ask someone who, the Bible says, had been a long time in that condition?
Would we think that everyone who is in a bad situation would want to be out of that situation?
But they don't. For a lot of reasons.
Being whole would be losing half their identity for a lot of people. They make friends and get into relationships based on their drama. If they were healed from theri drama, they would have to grow up, take responsibility for their lives and for the choices they made, and move on.
Being whole would mean forgiving the offenders, and some don't want that. They want to be able to point to their mistakes and misteps and say, "It is your fault! Your fault I am like this!" Their drama and dysfunction punishes those who misued them (or at least that is what they think. Usually the person who misued them isn't paying them any mind at all . . . . or worse, is thoroughly enjoying their pain)
Most of all, being whole would take away all excuses for not being who they know they could be. As long as people are broken, they say, "You can't expect me to be a mature, responsible person. Look at how I am hurting!"
We are blessed by the journey of Abraham. But remember GOD called him away from his family and friends. GOD said "Go, and I will bless you, and you will be a blessing." Today, we would have to say Abraham was too deep, should be sharing with his own family and friends. But that isn't what GOD told him to do.
Yes, there is definitely a time to cry with those who are crying. But I am also interested in whether or not they ever want to stop crying. I am not helping them by just going through their Kleenex with them year after year. I want to introduce them to the ONE Who heals their broken heart.
But no one can be healed (and stay that way) unless they want to be.
Be Blessed, everyone
