RECOGNIZING THE SPIRIT IN OTHERS

RECOGNIZING THE SPIRIT IN OTHERS


We all make ASSUMPTIONS
About other people
That are NOT TRUE


That is NO DIFFERENT today
Than it was
Two thousand years ago


The people and LEADERS
Of Jerusalem
FAILED TO RECOGNIZE
That Jesus could possibly
BE the Messiah


“The inhabitants of Jerusalem
And their LEADERS=
FAILED to RECOGNIZE HIM........” Acts 13:27


It is easy to CRITICIZE them=
But how often do we
Fail to recognize it ourselves


How often do we FAIL
To recognize the
SPIRIT OF GOD
IN OTHERS


Thinking this person=or
That person
Couldn't possibly know
ABOUT GOD


How WRONG we can be
About another human being
How wrong we can be
ABOUT OURSELVES


RECOGNIZING the SPIRIT
Of God in others
And myself


“By their fruit
You will RECOGNIZE THEM” Matthew 7:16


“Make a tree good
And its fruit
Will be good


Or make a tree bad
And its fruit
Will be bad


For a tree
Is RECOGNIZED
By its fruit” Matthew 12:33


I think that was
The PROBLEM 2,000 years ago


Jesus SURROUNDED himself
With “sinners”=
But people=the APOSTLES
Had GOOD HEARTS
They knew about GOD


But people didn't think
Jesus and his followers
COULD KNOW about God


How wrong they were=
RECOGNIZING the SPIRIT of God
In others


Dear Lord=HELP US
To recognize the
SPIRIT of God
WORKING in others
And working in ourselves


We don't need to
Ba a MINISTER
To FEEL the love of God=
To know
THE LOVE OF GOD


“Create in me
A pure heart=O God
And renew a STEADFAST SPIRIT
Within me” Psalm 51:10


“Rather it should be
That of your inner self


The unfading beauty
Of a gentle
And quiet SPIRIT


Which is of great worth
In God's sight” 1 Peter 3:4


Dear Lord=please give us the GIFT
Of not
Making assumptions about others


And the gift of
RECOGNIZING and SEEING GOD
In all others


In Jesus' name=and in the name of OUR EVER HUMBLE FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
5-7-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek