If you become a necessity to someone else’s life, you are out of
God’s will. As a servant, your primary responsibility is to be a “friend
of the bridegroom” (John 3:29).
When you see a person who is close to grasping the claims of Jesus
Christ, you know that your influence has been used in the right
direction. And when you begin to see that person in the middle of a
difficult and painful struggle, don’t try to prevent it, but pray that
his difficulty will grow even ten times stronger, until no power on
earth or in hell could hold him away from Jesus Christ. Over and over
again, we try to be amateur providences in someone’s life. We are indeed
amateurs, coming in and actually preventing God’s will and saying,
“This person should not have to experience this difficulty.” Instead of
being friends of the Bridegroom, our sympathy gets in the way. One day
that person will say to us, “You are a thief; you stole my desire to
follow Jesus, and because of you I lost sight of Him.”
Beware of rejoicing with someone over the wrong thing, but always
look to rejoice over the right thing. “. . . the friend of the
bridegroom . . . rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice.
Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must
decrease” (John 3:29-30).
This was spoken with joy, not with sadness-at last they were to see the
Bridegroom! And John said this was his joy. It represents a stepping
aside, an absolute removal of the servant, never to be thought of again.
Listen intently with your entire being until you hear the
Bridegroom’s voice in the life of another person. And never give any
thought to what devastation, difficulties, or sickness it will bring.
Just rejoice with godly excitement that His voice has been heard. You
may often have to watch Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it
(see Matthew 10:34).
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