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October-December, 2010

I Think the Holy Spirit Is Trying to Tell Me Something

by Rev. Myron Jones

I think the Holy Spirit is trying to tell me something. I keep getting the same message. Last night I was studying The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament with some friends. We read from Matthew 23:

Listen to Me. You fool yourself when you listen to the purposes of the world, for you tell yourself that things are important when they are not. Do what you must do within the world, but let Me guide you in determining what must be done.

This seems to be the message that Holy Spirit has been trying to get across to me the last few days and last night He used NTI to underline that message. A few days ago I awoke with the prayer in my heart that I would follow Holy Spirit’s guidance throughout the day. I went about my business of getting ready for work and then I looked at my schedule. I had several customers to see and knew I would have to hustle to get them all into this one day.

When I got to my second customer I knew that I only needed to take some samples for him and that this should go pretty quickly, but as I was taking the samples he started talking to me about some problems in his life. He told me about taking his 10 year old son to the doctor and finding out he has several very serious illnesses including multiple sclerosis. At this point I had to make a choice. Did I want to listen to the purpose of the world? The purpose the world gave me for this day was to see a certain number of customers and the world said this was very important. If I fell short of my goal then I would have to find a way to make up for it (and I didn’t see how I could do that with my full schedule) or I could lose a customer or at the very least get in trouble with my boss.

I will tell you the truth; it was a great temptation to believe the purpose of the world. I could easily have made sympathetic noises and then redirected the conversation to work. Then I would get the job done and move on to the next customer and would certainly get to them all by the end of the day. The ego would call this a successful day. While deciding the meaning I would give this situation, my customer asked me if I still had a ministry. I knew that this signaled his need to talk and that it would probably be a long conversation, but it also signaled to my mind that I serve a higher purpose than the world’s.

We did have a long conversation as we pulled samples. I was helpful to him and he was helpful to me. I was able to offer comfort and reassurances as I stepped back and let Holy Spirit lead the way. As I listened to my customer with an open mind, I was able to hear past his traditional religious language to the message of the Heart. He used words and concepts that don’t work for me, but they are just symbols. The true message was one of love and trust and this is something I do understand. I left him feeling strengthened in my own love and trust. And I was so grateful that I had given my attention to my true purpose rather than the purpose of the world. Oh, and everything got done on time because the next customer cancelled and my schedule was back where it needed to be.

I received the same message yesterday. I guess the Holy Spirit decided I needed to reinforce this message while it was still fresh in my mind. I sell chemicals to water systems and in the summer people use a lot of water so I am very busy, with a full schedule nearly every day. There is a lot of pressure to work hard to fulfill the company’s expectations of me, and to be sure all my customers are taken care of. This is the world’s purpose for my day.

I had another day that was overfilled and was very nervous about getting it all done. But as I had the other day, I began by asking the Holy Spirit to be in charge.  When I got to my very first customer he was not there and I had to wait on him. I felt a surge of frustration and realized I needed to use that time to regroup. It certainly wasn’t the Holy Spirit telling me that my customer was thoughtless and that my day was totally messed up. So I gave that waiting time to the Holy Spirit to renew my commitment to His guidance.

When I spoke on the phone to the customer I offered to do the work without him so he would not have to rush over, but he said he would join me soon. I was disappointed because I would have to wait for him but also because he likes to visit when I come by and that takes more time, so I was very surprised when he did show up because he was not being very talkative. I was feeling some relief and was on my way back to my car when I felt the Holy Spirit nudge me. I turned back to him and asked how his family was doing.

Well that certainly opened the flood gates! He had some family problems and he obviously needed to talk about them. I think his hesitation came from my desire to get through and get out of there. Even when we don’t express verbally, the one mind shares this information. There is a sense of what is going unsaid. It turned out to be a really important conversation and he needed confirmation that the choice he was making was, in fact, the result of listening to God. We talked about true intent and about God being completely trustworthy and never leading us astray. He felt better for the conversation, reassured, and I felt better for having remembered my true purpose.

I fell short of time yesterday and didn’t get to see my last customer. Maybe today I will be able to squeeze him in, but I am beginning to realize that what I told my customer is true for me, too. I can trust God. Clearly, I needed to be with him, giving him my full attention, so if that put me short for the day I know that I will not suffer for that outcome. If I need to see the missed customer the time will be made. If it is not, then I trust that I didn’t really need to see him. I am glad that I chose not to fool myself by believing that the world knows what is important. I also choose to give this day to the Holy Spirit as well. I choose to remember my purpose is not the purpose of the world.

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