Have
you ever encountered challenges while running or walking due to external
distractions? I have. Suddenly something catches my eye and instead
of paying careful attention to where I was going, my nosey-self convinced my
head to turn in the direction of the diversion.
After a few moments of “Minding Other People’s Business,” out of nowhere
the pavement abruptly becomes uneven, causing me to begin tripping over my own
two feet. Promptly, my head turns back
around in an effort to regain my balance to continue moving forward “Minding My
Own Business”! Does this sound familiar?
Well,
that’s exactly The Extensive Truth Training I have been experiencing. Let me share with you just how deep it is…
Study to be quiet…
{by staying calm, living a quiet life}
Mind
your own business,
Work with your own hands,
One
can only begin to know exactly what is hindering their progress when Wisdom
is given permission to lovingly unveil the true condition of things. Many suppressed and repressed emotions causes
us to react to circumstances from a place of pain, false responsibility or
distorted and misguided knowledge instead of us responding from a position of
healing and victory. That’s where I’ve
been, and it’s NOW that Love has chosen to shed His Light
with great intensity.
For
as long as I can remember, I’ve possessed a “mothering spirit.” With the revelation I currently possess, I
believe being the eldest combined with my God-given attributes coupled with
early life traumas, sent me down this path of savior! That’s right…I have worn an “S” on my chest
for decades; minding everyone else’s business while at times neglecting to adequately
and effectively deal with my own.
It appears somewhere I began believing the lie that I was somehow and in
some way responsible for the life choices others made–especially those that I
love and care for so deeply. Therefore,
not only did I carry the weight of my own life, I also picked up and carried
the weight of many others.
Consequently,
in the past I have worked overtime with a combination of a “Martha and Uriah Spirit”
by throwing everything that I am and had into the success of other people, at
times even caring more about their outcome than they did themselves. For many years I buried disappointments when
things didn’t turn out the way I had hoped or the results were not commensurate
for the efforts I expended. Honestly, I
found myself becoming more and more agitated, irritated, easily provoked, and
even became increasingly angry with the very ones I had for years devoted and given
my life to serve.
You
see, I was tripping in my own race because I was spending too much time
concerned about the distractions of the race my loved one’s were called to
run. Although I have been appointed by Love to
assist them, He never meant for me to neglect my own to the extent that
I had.
It
was June of 2010 when Love gave me a vision of exactly how
important this Truth Training Lesson was to Him. I envisioned a relay race where the athletes
have a designated space on the track to pass the baton. If they pass the baton too early, they would be
disqualified from the race. However, if
they pass the baton too late, they would also be disqualified. In my case, due to a faulty paradigm, I had
carried the baton farther than Love ever intended for me to.
Subsequently,
by carrying the baton of responsibility into the realm of disqualification, I
was inadvertently hindering my progress and preventing my loved ones from actively
and fully participating in their own Truth Training Exercises. My distorted acts of love had warped into
lust that was rooted in fear. This
learned, destructive behavior pattern was robbing my loved ones of multiple training
opportunities that were necessary for their character to get built up to handle
the weight of the call that is on their own lives.[2] I had gone from helping to hindering, from
being a huge asset and was teetering on becoming a huge liability. I simply went overboard, trying to be savior
when they already have One!
Now
at the end of 2012, Love has aggressively stepped in and the Truth Training has
become very intense. Over and over the
past few months, again and again, through numerous confirmations, I have heard
these very Words…“Take Care of Yourself!”
What does take
care of yourself even look like?
Isn’t
that just like Love? To Speak in Terms we
have no knowledge or wisdom of, which then invites us to seek Him even more to
find out The Answer.[3]
Therefore, in the moment of now, I am aggressively working out my own
Faith Muscles by choosing to trust Love with my whole heart which
includes those I have held so close and dear.[4]
After the past year of delayed and partial obedience–which I admit is
really disobedience in The Eyes of Love–I’m finally in the
process of learning “how to” take care of myself by studying
peace, minding my own business, and working with my own hands
as Love
has instructed me before on numerous occasions.
Although it’s been a challenging transition for me to come into
alignment and agreement with The Intense Training Instruction, I’m actively
anticipating and proactively preparing for the much needed change my willing
obedience will produce for all of us.[5]
Persistent
Perseverance Pronounces One’s True Greatness!
Alayna
Pearson
As
you pause for personal reflection in this race for Life, have you been tripping
over your own two feet recently? If so, for
Love’s
Sake, consider joining me in this Intense Training of taking
care of yourself by minding your own business.
We have come too
far in our Faith Stretches to allow distractions and disobedience to render a
disqualification. Since quitting is not
an option, and we've gained too much Wisdom to turn back, let’s run to win![6] Love Promised that the prize
possesses an eternal value that’s well worth all of the sweat and tears
perseverance produces.
Therefore,
today I encourage you…Run, Champion Run!
When you do, I’ll see you at the
finish line.
[2] Psalms 105:10 NLT, Until the
time came to fulfill His Word/Dreams, the Lord
tested Joseph’s character.
[3]
James 1:5 MSG, If you don't
know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his
help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it.
5 Trust Love from
the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own.
6 Listen for Love’s Voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; Love’s The One Who will keep you on track.
6 Listen for Love’s Voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; Love’s The One Who will keep you on track.
24 Don’t you
realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!
25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.
27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.
27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
Philippians 3:14
I'm
off and running, and I'm not turning back. (MSG)
© 2012 Julianne Pearson
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Julianne
Pearson is an Author, Relationship Strategist, Speaker and Trainer. She is the Co-Founder of the LĪVE! movement, a speaking, training and coaching organization committed
to developing extraordinary people, families, and businesses. Through her
books, seminars and training workshop sessions, she empowers her readers and
listeners to rise up to their first level of consciousness in order to advance
the Kingdom of God on this earth.
Contact:
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