Gehoorsaamheid, die prys wat ander betaal

My Liewe Moeder, Annette en Elizabeth asook Michelle, Ruan, Jotham en Lanetia

Na aanleiding van wat Oswald Chambers skryf oor die gevolge wat ander mense dra vir ons/my gehoorsaamheid, deel ek met julle as volg:

Net soos Simon v Cirene Jesus se kruis help dra het, het Mamma, Annette en Elizabeth oor die afgelope 30 jaar + 2 kruise help dra - Marcel en Deon.

Ek eer die Here vir Mamma wat afstand gedoen het van 2 seuns. Baie ander ouers het hulle kinders naby hulle. Ek en Deon moes God se roeping gehoorsaam en Mamma het die gevolge gedra van ons gehoorsaamheid, van 2 seuns in die voorste linies van die slagveld.

Dis soos ouers wat hulle seuns oorlog toe sien gaan en selde kom hulle terug.

Ek eer die Here v 2 vroue, Annette en Elizabeth, wat baie opofferings saam met ons gemaak het (meer as wat enig iemand ooit sal weet en 'n lys langer as wat ek hier kan skryf).

Aan ons kinders - Michelle, Ruan, Jotham en Lanetia - ons weet dat julle dikwels as die ds se kinders dinge moes deurgaan, dopgehou is en baie ander voorregte ontneem is. Julle het getrou gebly en by ons gestaan. Well done!! Julle is baie spesiaal en vandag erken ek julle.

Mamma, Annette en Elizabeth, moet nooit die aandeel wat julle in ons bediening aan die Here en Sy mense het, gering ag nie. Elke weergeboorte, elke bekering, elke huwelik, elke huisbesoek, elke begrafnis, elke troue, doop, toewyding, gebed wat beantwoord word, elke vreugde en traan in Marcel en Deon se bediening aan die Here, was en bly in vennootskap met baie mense wat die prys v ons gehoorsaamheid betaal het.

Naas ons 2 wonderlike vroue, Annette en Elizabeth, is Mamma en ons kinders, dié persone wat saam met ons getrou gebly het aan God se roeping.

Dankie dat julle die prys betaal het v ons gehoorsaamheid.

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Lees gerus wat Oswald Chambers daaroor skryf…

They seized Simon from Cyrene . . . and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. —Luke 23:26

If we obey God, it is going to cost other people more than it costs us. We delight in obeying our Lord because we are in love with him. But this means that his plans come first in our lives, not the plans of other people. If the people around us do not love him, they may accuse us of indifference or selfishness. They may taunt us: “You call this Christianity?”

It isn’t indifference or independence that makes us act as we do. Many of us would probably prefer to be independent, to carry the burden of our obedience alone, never asking anyone for anything. We must learn that to obey is to be swept up in God’s universal purposes. His purpose for other people may be that they help us in his work, as Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus with the cross, or as Susanna offered him material support (Luke 8:2–3). To refuse help like this is to let our pride win out.

Are we going to remain loyal to God and go through the humiliation of depending on others? Or are we going to say, “I will not cause other people to suffer. I will not cost them anything”? Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what you will allow to happen if you obey him.

We can disobey God if we choose; we can prevent other people from suffering. Our disobedience will bring immediate relief. But it will hurt our Lord and, in the long run, fail to help anyone: God has already thought about the consequences of our obedience. If we obey, he—not we—will take care of everyone involved. We need only to let him.