I want to develop my last post on this topic by giving scriptural examples of what I meant.
Our first
example is Lot.
Though there is
nothing wrong he did in following his uncle, he had no calling or understanding
of what, where and why Abraham was going.
It is no wonder
that when push comes to shove and he is given an option he chooses the physical
appeal over spiritual relevance since he must have known the basics of Sodom’s
spiritual reality.
No wonder he
lost big. Lost his wife and name
The second is
Esau.
Again, he did
not know the spiritual nature of Abraham’s calling, thinking that his
inheritance was purely material.
No wonder he was
bypassed so easily. And the fact that when he meets his brother much later he
had completely forgotten that he had been cheated of anything since he had been
able to make his own wealth anyway.
Gehazi was
poised to get the double portion of Elisha’s anointing but lost it when, like
Esau, forgot that he was involved in a spiritual enterprise.
Solomon lost it
when the miracle and the breakthrough became more important than the One who
had performed it. The gift became more important that its giver.
In the New
Testament we have Mark when he accompanied his uncle on his first mission.
But I think the
ultimate is the Sceva brothers of Acts 19.
Sending is different
from being sent.
I think that is
the point of this post.
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