twisted vision – Wannabe Christian Doorman

This is week’s post, could be considered a repeat of last week’s. But it’s more of a follow up.
The picture has been working it’s way through me, so, it just feels that there is a bit more to say. Apologies to those, if you feel that you are are re-reading, some of the same thing.

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There is a vision of what should be, but then there can be a very different outcome, that can work it’s way out.

The vision is for a friendly hand, to be offered as a handshake. But a shaking fist, can end up being the outcome. 😦

How can this possibly be?

The friendly handshake is God’s vision for what should be, but our plans and thoughts, can kind of just get in the way, so that we then just end up with a slightly twisted version.

This next bit, you may even be able to act out.

The vision is for a hand to be outstretched, in offer of a friendly handshake.
But because of our thoughts and agenda, the vision becomes slightly distorted. Hence, the hand is twisted so that the palm of the hand, is facing upwards. During this action, the fingers, instead of pointing outward, start to curl inwards. It is somehow known that something isn’t quite right, so we then hold onto our thoughts and agenda, that much more intently. Hence the fingers close into a fist. Because of all the tension, this fist then shakes, ever so slightly.

Thus, we finish with a vision, of a friendly handshake being offered, but end up with, a shaking fist.

It’s only a slight misalignment in the action, but there is a massive difference in the final message that is sent!
A friendly handshake, or a shaking fist.

We all, most certainly want to be offering a friendly handshake, but how many of us are just shaking our fists?

We may all mean to offer the friendly handshake, but how many of us, have got a slight misadjustment going on, which we respond to, by holding tightly onto our plans and our thoughts, which leads to the other, unfriendly version?

Do we need to release our grip on our thoughts and plans?
Do we need to realign our thinking, so that it is in line with Our Lord God’s thinking?

Are we willing to ask Our Lord God, “Am I getting something wrong, in some way, here?”
Will we be willing to hear, His answers to us, even it it means that we need to change our thoughts and actions, so that we are aligned with His thoughts?

Ultimately, do we want to approach Our Lord God, with a shaking fist, or an open hand, in the form of a handshake?

Our Lord God does know what is Best, and will lead us in the Best way to go, if we will follow His thoughts and His leading.

Jeremiah 29:11
¹¹For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Romans 12:2
²Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

I’ve re-read this a couple of times, since I’ve written it. Part of me is asking, “Am I becoming a merchant for doom and gloom? The site is called Wannabe Christian Doorman. It’s meant to be about drawing people closer to God. Does this post do that?”

Ultimately, I do think that the answer to that one is “Yes”, if it is understood. This is one of those posts, where I write it, then post it, and then leave it in Our Lords hands, for Him to do, whatever He wants to do with it.

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A picture came to me, as I was pondering on something. This is going to be my attempt to write it down.

The thought started with, targets set in the work place.

Upper management can have a vision of what they want to achieve.
They then set targets, to be achieved, which they then present to the middle management, so that the vision will be achieved.

The middle management take these targets into their core, and then try to do their best, to achieve the targets set from above, in order to please their bosses. The middle management may or may not know about the vision, but it is the targets that they are set, that then becomes their driving force.
Then the vision, just somehow gets pushed to the side. It’s as if the middle management, look for the literal translation of what the target is, without considering the vision.
It’s like the question of, “What must we do, to meet this target?” becomes the vision, for the middle management.

Is it this slight misalignment that can then cause so many problems?

It can be like, the vision is to offer a friendly handshake out to all, in order to invite others in. But, a shaking fist, somehow ends up being the result???

How can this be so????

Is it because the targets get ever so slightly misunderstood, so that they then bring about a twisted vision, in place of the actual vision?

You may even be able to act out the next part of this post?

A hand is outstretched, in offer of a hand shake.
But because of the slightly twisted targets, the hand is twisted so that the palm of the hand, is facing upwards. During this action, the fingers, instead of pointing outward, start to curl inwards.
It is somehow known that something isn’t quite right, so the targets are then held onto that much more intently. Hence the fingers close into a fist.
Because of all the tension, this fist then shakes, ever so slightly.

So we end up with, a vision of an outstretched friendly handshake, but end up with… a shaking fist. 😦

So far, this post may have been a bit of a fun read???
How many of us can see this picture kind of happening in certain areas of our lives?
But, is it happening in our own lives???

Do we hold onto targets, so tightly, in place of the core vision?
Do we put our own thoughts and desires, above Our Lord God’s?

Are we at peace, with how we conduct ourselves, or is there a shaking fist, at work within us?

Will we seriously seek Our Heavenly Father for His answers to this question?

2 Timothy 3:1-9
3 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. ²People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, ⁴treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— ⁵having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

⁶They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, ⁷always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. ⁸Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. ⁹But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

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Excelence is Wanted, but who will Be Excellent?

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