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Monday, November 03, 2008

Givin' Em Jesus Not Ego

I started to post this as an IM to a friend, but its something that probably should be discussed in the open and rock from there:

I feel like I am becoming that IT person that's blasting the ignorant (unknowledgable) decsions of folks, instead of helping them see and be empowered to do more

In many cases, I feel as if what I know, the small and basic stuff, should already be living knowledge for others. For example, hitting Reply All for all email replies when only one person required a reply is something that bugs me to no end. However, when I (not the Holy Spirit in me) sees that, I just want to rouse up all kinds of indignation against the issue.

Its like I take this understanding of those things tech so far that its no longer that I am giving people a glimpse of Jesus as He would be using this for His glory, but I am giving them me in the hopes that their ignorance would end and they would figure out how to use this for His glory.

I know, this is one of those really personal-type rants that many can agree with but most of us never want to talk about. I agree. I could have kept this on IM, and let my bro keep slap me silly in the Word. But in the IT side, ego is a major thing. And its something we don't acknowledge much - or probably understand much at all.

We have this basteon of knowledge and skills, and it feels like we are not even cracking the shell of what can be, yet it seems there are others who wallow in ignorance. They aren't though. Its just us. We cannot see our own inadequecies clearly enough (Matthew 7:1-4) to give them Jesus instead of our critiques.

Today, this has been something of a hard battle. I've had a lot hit me over the weekend, and "God's rule being right, and His actions trustworthy" just makes this battle with ego all that much harder.

I hope that you can take something of value from this. Its rough to carry something that others know is valuable, and not give them anything but Jesus. But that's what we are to do. Because anything more would be in effect giving a false gospel. And the consequences of that no one wants to bear.

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