Quote from Forum Archives on July 30, 2005, 12:15 pm

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Word for Today, Sat, 30 Jul 2005: The Discipline Of Disillusionment
Dear friends,

Here is an extra message for the weekend. It is about the
disillusionment of our minds - replaced by the enlightenment of
our minds by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit.

Jesus can see everything about us, and knows the evil that is
concealed within our hearts. Even so, He holds no malice toward
us, He intends to bring good to all who will respond to Him.

I encourage you to read this message and think about it. Be sure
to read your Bible, too! Have a great weekend! Remember to
attend and participate in your local church!

Yours in Christ,
Brian

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My Utmost For His Highest : "The Discipline Of Disillusionment"

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July 30, 2005

THE DISCIPLINE OF DISILLUSIONMENT

Jesus did not commit Himself unto them for He knew what
was in man.

John 2:24-25
www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=joh+2:24-25&sr=1

Disillusionment means that there are no more false judgments in
life. To be undeceived by disillusionment may leave us cynical
and unkindly severe in our judgment of others, but the
disillusionment which comes from God brings us to the place where
we see men and women as they really are, and yet there is no
cynicism, we have no stinging, bitter things to say. Many of the
cruel things in life spring from the fact that we suffer from
illusions. We are not true to one another as facts; we are true
only to our ideas of one another. Everything is either
delightful and fine, or mean and dastardly, according to our
idea.

The refusal to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the
suffering in human life. It works in this way - if we love a
human being and do not love God, we demand of him every
perfection and every rectitude, and when we do not get it we
become cruel and vindictive; we are demanding of a human being
that which he or she cannot give. There is only one Being Who
can satisfy the last aching abyss of the human heart, and that is
the Lord Jesus Christ. Why Our Lord is apparently so severe
regarding every human relationship is because He knows that every
relationship not based on loyalty to Himself will end in
disaster. Our Lord trusted no man, yet He was never suspicious,
never bitter. Our Lord's confidence in God and in what His grace
could do for any man, was so perfect that He despaired of no one.
If our trust is placed in human beings, we shall end in
despairing of everyone.

MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST - by Oswald Chambers //
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www.heartlight.org/devotionals/my_utmost /

This devotional is copyright Oswald Chambers Publications,
< www.oswaldchambers.co.uk >.

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