Sharpen Your Discernment by Roberts Liardon

Author:Roberts Liardon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Religion, Christian Life, Wisdom, Spirituality, Self-Help, Fundamentalism, Christianity, Pentecostal & Charismatic, Christian Theology, Discernment of Spirits
ISBN: 9780883689882
Publisher: Whitaker House
Published: 2004-06-14T22:00:00+00:00

chapter fifteen

discernment and human motivation

This is an interesting topic to discuss. I've noticed people get into a lot of trouble because they can't discern the difference between true spiritual leadings and human motivations.

True spiritual leadings come from the Spirit of God. Your response to the situation is motivated by His Word and His truth. A human motivation is exactly what it sounds like. It's a response motivated by human emotion, fears, hurts, wounds, or bitterness.

You can't be led by what you see on the surface. It doesn't matter how faithful people can be to a church if they don't change their lives. It doesn't matter how many ministry positions they hold if their spirit remains weak.

Amazingly, many people are influenced by the things I've just listed. They think if a person has held a position on a ministry staff or if has done church work, that person has a strong spirit. Not necessarily so.

First of all, people are on the staff of a ministry for different reasons. Unfortunately, every ministry doesn't hold their staff personally responsible to develop their own spirit. Anyone can do church work or attend church for a variety of reasons. Many come just to see what God will do for them instead of what they can do for God. Some come just to find a date for Saturday night.

Understand that when the church doors are open, whosoever will does come in! The Spirit of the Lord then gives them the opportunity to accept or reject the change He has come to bring.

If you think whoever attends church regularly is strong in the Lord, then you are lacking in spiritual understanding. I'm sure your lack of discernment has already caused you heartache and disappointment, because it is the undiscerning who become the victims of those who operate out of human motivation.

The undiscerning are entrapped by listening to stories and feeling sorry for those who speak. Why? They listen to the story and never look to discern the root cause of the problem. They become a victim to what they've heard. What they don't know is that fifty people before them fell to the same story! So these undiscerning people are the ones who continue to pour their prayers, time, and money into a person who has no intention of changing or allowing God to deal with the root problem.

From time to time, you may have people who will come to visit with the intent of getting immediate relief instead of wanting to fix their problem. If you get caught up in human motivations and fail to discern the root problem, you'll spend a month casting devils out of your home after this person leaves!

There's another reason why some fall victim to human motivations. Sometimes the blind and undiscerning are angry at another ministry or church, so they run to help a soulish person in order to look big and spiritual. However, the only thing that looks big on them is the grudge they're carrying. Both parties need to learn a lesson.

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