Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength (Vol. 1) - #
353
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Michael was one to love those “living outside the
circle,” as he puts it. Know anyone like this? Love anyone like this?
Well, notice the “end result” of Michael’s writing
today…
DAY 189
Living
Outside The Circle
But He is unique and who can turn Him?
--Job 23:13
God is unique! You
are His unique creation! Do you accept your uniqueness? In the course of my
life as a believer, I have met people who would be considered by most to be
“odd.” God creates man, man bands together, man determines his concept of what
is normal using the criteria of the similarities shared by the majority, and
some are left outside the circle of behaviors that constitute this notion of
normalcy. Are you one of those out-of-the-ordinary people? Do you laugh at
inappropriate times or talk when you should listen? Spill your deepest secrets
to strangers? Did you have a ponytail when others did not or a shaved head when
others had a ponytail? Are you loud in a crowd? Quiet at a party? When everyone
is wearing suits, do you show up in a tee shirt? Do you laugh though no one
understands your humor? Do you make people uncomfortable with the way you
rearrange your silverware and organize your condiments in the restaurant? Do
you invite people over and proceed to make them sit and listen to your latest
recording of locomotive trains as loudly as the stereo will play? Do you feel like you have to play the people
game every day? Are you the odd one out? Do you live outside the circle of what
is typified as normal? If so, I welcome you. There is plenty of room in the
family of God for you. Please do not go away! We need you so much to bring
color into our world. We need you to remind us that God creates outside the
circle. We see God in you. Let Him shine through your uniqueness, and do not
change!
I will tell you of one of God’s favorites who lived
outside the circle, an odd man. It was a time in Israel when the people
needed a deliverer. The
odd one, David, was overlooked as a potential candidate and directed to
remain in the fields. The odd one was not to speak, though it was he for whom
the prophet was looking. The
odd one believed God, in Whom he had found favor. The odd one slew the
giant, and yet later when he found his enemy in a cave, he refused to slay him
but instead cut a piece of cloth from his enemy's garment. This odd man
actually danced in the streets; his wife despised him the rest of his life for
it. God sums up this
“just too odd” man, David, by saying, “I HAVE FOUND DAVID, the son of Jesse, A
MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My will.” There are so many odd people in the Bible, and I love
to read about these people who lived outside man's circle but always within the
circle of God's love and acceptance. The important thing is not whether
or not you are odd, but that you allow the creative God to be Lord of your
uniqueness. I thank God today for all of the odd people I have known who “do
all His will.”
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
Odd is an unusual word, isn’t it? Sort of “odd.”
Unique is another “odd” word. But, both have an important part to play in life,
especially when it comes to fellowship with God.
Perhaps the distance of years and the
distance of lifestyles, and a real lack of knowledge of “the Heart of God,”
hinder our grasping and realizing the importance of God looking for someone
like David…”a man after My heart”…no matter how “odd” his stature, behavior, or
looks might have been. He was “unique” relative to his own brethren.
Having had the privilege to be around Michael
several times, and those who were present also, there certainly were some “odd”
and “unique” characters always present. One thing I always noticed was this:
Michael did indeed love these people, but I sensed it was God loving them
through Michael. Michael was constantly “abiding” in Christ which allowed God
to love through him. Amen.
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