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A FEELING OF 'UNSETTLEMENT' CAN MEAN
THAT SOMEONE IS TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
A preacher was making the point the other
night: do you know there are Divine connections? How often do you meditate
on what and who is in your path?
It's an important contemplation this time of
the year when we begin anew and clean house.
The fact is, God puts certain people into our
paths as part of His Divine Plan. Each of us has a equal role in that, and
to fulfill what He has for our lives, we have to step into the blessing.
That often means a clean break with those who
are not supposed to be alongside us, but have thrust themselves
there.
Do you not know folks who have wiggled their
way to your inner circle -- but make you uncomfortable? We can feel
anxious when they call, not "ourselves," even aggravated. There even may
be dread.
The feeling of unsettlement is often the
Spirit talking.
Folks who are not meant for us can greatly
hold us back.
They can prevent us from realizing what God
has in store for us. Sometimes, they can badly trip us up.
A problem this is! We don't like to hurt
feelings -- and should as much as humanly possible always seek to prevent
such. Moreover, we have to be careful not to persecute: sometimes the
devil would have us focus negatively on a person to attack that person
spiritually.
Caution here.
But there are also folks who don't know their
place and infringe of your zone of comfort. They should not be there. It
is not that they are bad people. It is not that they aren't equal. It's
that they are simply not where they should be and not realizing their own
plan.
God does not care for compromise and so we
must detach especially if someone is close to us who is living in
darkness. Perhaps we are meant to help such a person. We are always called
to pray for such a one. But it doesn't mean that we have to expose
ourselves to spiritual baggage.
We carry the spirit around those who
are close to us, and so we can pick up spirits of jealousy, of infirmity,
of anxiety, and so forth.
In some cases, there is something wrong with
the person that is deep below the surface. It can hold you down. They
don't belong where they have inserted themselves. They are especially
attracted to those who are spiritual and yet can suck energy from them.
Feeling "drained" every time one has to speak with a person is a sure
sign.
At the same time, we musty have faith and know
that God will put the right people -- everyone we need -- in our
paths. We simply have to follow the rule of prayer to make sure we meet up
with these Godsends.
Sometimes, we are led to them by unfortunate
events. Something "bad" can happen and through the experience we run into
someone who later turns out to help in a larger situation -- a positive
one!
They are what this preacher called "Barnabases":
"While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit
said, 'Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have
called them,'" we see in Acts 13:2.
Barnabas was called to work with Saul
-- and it flowed miraculously.
Pray that you always know your "Barnabas" as
you also pray for those from whom you may need more distance!
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