it IS about you

IT IS ABOUT YOU...

...At least when it comes to the "Real You"!

--? Is it your responsibility to be heard by others ?









--I offer an emphatic, “NO!”

Our responsibility is to “TELL”, then to “BE & DO”... not for others, but to others with & through God.

We are commissioned to “Tell” the good news. We are likewise called to “BE Doers” of the Word. But the actual acceptance of the message & the messenger, the hearing part, is out of our hands.

When Paul said he became all things to all men, he was talking about his delivery, not their acceptance. He was talking about his responsibility to speak in a form that would “allow” for others to hear. The actual hearing part was out of his hands. The message is the same for every audience. Jesus spoke in parables so that some would be able to receive the truth. But not all could or would. Yet, although He had the power, He did not “make” them hear it. He was the first, “We report, you decide,” network newsman.

Do you--Wait for permission of others to “DO” what “YOU” need to do?
Do you--Need to be heard & understood before you can act?
Do you--Condition what you are to “BE” on the acceptance of others?

… Then you have made others into your God!

The disciples were announcers & doers, not diplomats. They presented the truth in the language of the intended listener. But they did not take responsibility for the “hearing”. The choice to be heard was not theirs to make. Neither is it yours.

--So the believer may ask: If it’s not about me... isn’t it then about others???

NO... It’s about God... and my acting in His will !!!!

Regardless of what others say, think, understand or even know...
I must decide, announce , be and then do what God requires of “ME”.

Encouragement: -When it comes to being the real you...No one else is involved... Just you and God. Stop asking for permission to be what God has made. Stop waiting for consensus. Stop needing to be heard. -- Start deciding what he wants. Announce it in love. Then Be it & Do it!

It’s all about YOU... to Decide, Announce, Be & Do… What He requires of YOU!

SW