{"id":2283,"date":"2019-11-09T11:33:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T11:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sozocial.com\/press\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2019-11-12T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T12:55:28","slug":"ending-well-staying-out-of-the-far-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sozocial.com\/press\/ending-well-staying-out-of-the-far-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Hedin – Staying out of the far place, ending well."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I remember a few years ago listening to a podcast by Bill Johnson (bjm.org<\/a>) where he talked about “ending well”. The idea was that we can follow God all of our lives, yet we don’t always end up in a good place. Bills focus is to end well. King Solomon (read in 1 Kings) was an example.  It made me think…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The  wisest man that ever lived <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God had given Solomon everything,\nriches, fame, power, yet his heart was “turned away from the Lord” 1\nKings 11:9-11. I think what amazes me the most is that King Solomon had been\ngiven wisdom and discernment directly from God, in fact God said that there was\nnone like Solomon, and would never be someone like him. How can it be that the\nwisest man that ever lived could still make mistakes such as associating with\nforeign women?   How could he be so wise\nand discerning, yet his heart not be full on for God? Now, Solomon ends\nEcclesiastes (12:13-14) by stating “The conclusion, when all has been  heard, is: fear God and keep his commandments”,\nso we don’t know exactly how he finished\u2026 but the point remains, how can such a\nman not walk completely with God? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To me this is a sobering lesson\nthat we watch and be aware. One thing I like to do is always look back at the\nbasics, what are the basics of what I believe? Who is God, in the most simplest\ndescription? What is  the main thing He\nwants from me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Far Place<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In day we live we have contact\nwith millions of people (potentially). We hear and see everything on the web,\nit’s kind of like Solomon’s wives, we can be led away from the basics of who\nGod is. Our hearts can be tweaked. Just look at the current political climate\nin my home country. In my 58 years  I’ve\nnever seen such vitriolic comments as we find in social media. Everyone seems\nto be against everyone, we all think we are “right”. What amazes me\nis that I see it between Christians as much as anywhere else. I  call it the “far place”, where our\nhearts are not as close to Him as we need to be.  When I see that I have to go back to what\nJesus said, I go back to the basics. When I read 1 Corinthians 13 how can I\nstay in the “far place”? This is magnificent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 <\/strong>If I\nspeak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I\nhave become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 <\/strong>If I\nhave the gift of<\/em> prophecy, and know all mysteries and\nall knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove\nmountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 <\/strong>And if\nI give all my possessions to feed the poor<\/em>, and if\nI surrender my body [a<\/a>]to\nbe burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 <\/strong>Love is patient, love is kind and<\/em> is\nnot jealous; love does not brag and<\/em> is\nnot arrogant, 5 <\/strong>does not act unbecomingly; it does\nnot seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a\nwrong suffered<\/em>, 6 <\/strong>does not rejoice in\nunrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 <\/strong>[b<\/a>]bears\nall things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 <\/strong>Love never fails; but if there are gifts\nof<\/em> [c<\/a>]prophecy,\nthey will be done away; if there are<\/em> tongues, they will cease;\nif there is<\/em> knowledge, it will be done away. 9 <\/strong>For\nwe know in part and we prophesy in part; 10 <\/strong>but when the\nperfect comes, the partial will be done away. 11 <\/strong>When I was a\nchild, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child;\nwhen I [d<\/a>]became\na man, I did away with childish things. 12 <\/strong>For now we see\nin a mirror [e<\/a>]dimly,\nbut then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just\nas I also have been fully known. 13 <\/strong>But now faith, hope,\nlove, abide these three; but the [f<\/a>]greatest\nof these is love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From <https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+corinthians+13&version=NASB<\/a>>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put the  scripture above next to your latest tweet or\npost,  how does it match up? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe that there are unseen\nconsequences of allowing our heart to be in the far place\u2026 what about our\nintimacy with God? How does our heart affect our hearing\/seeing in the Spirit?\nCan we trust what is coming out of us in that place (and can others trust  it)? I’ve watched online influencers as they\nappear to get “tweaked” in their heart and the message of Jesus get\nmixed with other things. I’ve watched politics, religion, relationships all get\njumbled into a message and it’s no longer a pure word from God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t meant to be Carl\nrailing against other Christians. I don’t know many who haven’t been\n“tweaked” by something\u2026that little thing, or desire,  that slips into our hearts and minds that\ntaints things. I want to keep the focus more on me\u2026 I want to walk it strong\nfirst, to worry about my influence first and foremost.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to stay on the path<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do I stay out of the far\nplace? My first clue that something is tweaking me is if I see some news or a\nreport on something I believe I’m right about and I get that “yeah, get\n’em, that’ll teach them”, or the feeling of “how dumb can that person\nbe, can’t they see the truth?”. It’s the place where your hear beats\nfaster, your blood pressure rises a bit. How about this one\u2026 when you see\nsomeone or hear  their name and it\nimmediately gives you that negative vibe. That’s when I step back and see if\nI’m operating out of a place I need to be operating out of. Love, humility, and\nGod’s perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, my base foundation points\nto 1 Cor 13\u2026 it’s love. What genius God has to know the complexities we add to\nlife, the multitude of opinions and view points that we see from all of us, yet\nhis answer is simple and deep\u2026 love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.S. Does “love” mean we\nare always nice and passive? Is there a time we act decisively and with\nauthority? I’m working on another post on that subject. Stay tuned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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