Jan 17, 2017 – Matt 12
Jesus Said:
"Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or
household divided against itself will not stand. Matt 12:25
You can't grow and
control at the same time.
When a cell wants to grow, it doesn’t try to keep control of
all its chromasones. Instead, it let’s
go of control and permits the DNA strand to split into two strands, multiplying
itself into two cells, and then four, and so on. If the cell tried to maintain control, it
would not grow.
When a child starts to learn how to ride a bike, they never
learn balance by having the parent continue to hold the bike. The only way a child can grow their skill is
for a parent to let go of control.
When a marriage hits a problem, the spouse’s first instinct
is to assert control in the relationship.
But by doing so it creates authority issues and stagnates growth in
their intimacy. The only way to grow
their life together is to not grab for control.
Satan is the worst control freak of all creation. His biggest lie is that we have the right and
responsibility to assert control of our lives, just like he did, and by doing
so we will grow. But controlling your
environment and your circumstances only creates division and disharmony. The Pharisees see that Jesus is not trying to
control people, nor following their rules.
So they try to assert control by accusing Jesus of being demonic in his
actions. Jesus doesn’t react to their accusations,
He teaches against the theology of the Pharisees by talking about control. In
their desire to maintain control over the people and over Jesus, they were
actually damaging themselves and destroying God’s work in their lives. They could not grow by maintaining
control.
Try an experiment.
For the next 48 hours, choose NOT to assert control. Instead choose to grow. Find out how God wants to use your adversities
to grow you. Look for ways to grow in
your opportunities. Don’t worry about
grabbing for control, seek to grow.
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