Knowing Is Doing…

Posted on December 10, 2016

There are many lessons which life teaches us, when one takes those lessons to heart, he or she does better later on. This is how the trials of our faith teach us patience…that is; how to trust, confide, and depend on the Lord. When we know better…we are drawn to do better.

~the Messenger

What are some lessons we can look to and/or for change?

• Appearance
• Associations
• Behavior
• Character
• Conversations
• Deeds
• Endeavors
• Habits
• Itineraries

The way a person appears is often mistook for who that person is or rather what he or she represents. When we seek to look more like ourselves (inward man) is when we truly become free from worldly appearances and presumed assumptions and opinions.

Who one hangs out with is also a generalization of who a person is and/or represents. We must be mindful of the company we keep.

• How we act in front of people and alone says much about one’s character.

These can often be different due to some of the above factors. Sometimes one is pushed to acting like someone or something their not simply trying to fit in to certain groups of association (worldly view).

However, when alone one can have the realization or epiphany that it isn’t who they truly are. They can indirectly become bitter, cold-hearted and insensitive. For instance, a man or woman who goes to work every day may represent a certain air at work such as being punctual, authoritative, steadfast and hard-working, knowledgeable about every thing that has to do with his/her occupation.

Yet still be clueless outside of work about the functionality of life such as relationships, conversations, endeavors, itineraries, cordiality or the like. Sometimes people are simply broken, unbeknownst to themselves. They forgot their first love and/or don’t truly know love and in the midst of  such brokenness, he or she becomes too busy in mundane activities, endeavors, itineraries or similar as aforementioned, to recognize let alone truly hear from God. (Distraction).

“Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices” (Proverbs 1:31).

 Is It Okay To Shut Others Out? When? Why?

Perhaps there are times when one should close others out, but those times are set apart for personal worship, prayer, fastings, meditations or health reasons. Other times one may need to not only shut another out but move away from him/her indefinitely as to rebuke unrighteous soul ties. 

Everyone needs space and or time to recollect themselves, that is a given. Yet, we must try as we may, not to break the bridges we’ve crossed on our journey as well. Life has a way of changing one’s itinerary to cross some of those same old bridges or paths again. If we have cause damage to said paths the route may be a difficulty ahead.

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. Isaiah 29:21

We can’t hurt people  along the way and expect their trust to be misguided in us if life makes it where we have to meetup again.  Yes, communication includes our deeds as well because if we willfully sin, it’s because of miscommunication (not having an on-going commune with God, who draws all unto himself via chastening and quickening.

Likewise, if we mistreat people, we must not have had the correct communication concerning the law of reciprocity, reaping & sowing, seed-time & harvest, & or doing unto others as we would they do unto us, ergo “Corrupt”.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:6 

We have to have some growth towards the fruition of doing greater than what we’ve outgrown…When we know better, we do better. We handle people and/or things differently and with a more intricate respect for our subjective humility to the Most High. If we get further away from people-pleasing, we might actually enjoy the sorrow-less, rich blessings in the daily loads of benefits from Yah.

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which tries our hearts….When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him

1 Thessalonians 2:4 & Proverbs 16:7

In the Word Study

1 Thessalonians 2:4 | Proverbs 3:1-35; 4:14-15; 9:6-10; 16:7 & 29:25 | Isaiah 2:22 & 26:3-4| Jeremiah 15:17; 17:5 & 29:11-14 | Acts 5:29 | 1 Corinthians 10:31 & 13:4-8 | 2 Corinthians 5:9 & 6:14-18 | John 5:44; 12:43 & 14:15 | Colossians 3:22-25 | | Romans 1:22-32; 8:39; 12:1-2 | Galatians 1:10; 2:20 & 5:22 | Psalm 8:2; 13:5; 26:4-5; 31:14-15; 37:5; 40:4; 56:3-4; 94:20-21 & 127:3-5 | Matthew 10:28; 18:15; & 21:16 | 1 John 4:7-18 | 2 John 1:10-11| Hebrews 12:6 | 2 Peter 2:21 | James 4:17 | Philippians 4:6-7 | Mark 11:24 | Ephesians 4:22; 5:7-11 | Job 24:13-17 | 1 Timothy 6:5 |  2 Timothy 3:5 & 4:2 | Titus 2:13-15 | 

“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues”

REVELATION 18:4