I have been having issues with my computer’s wireless mouse. Sometimes it seems like it’s working and then I suddenly am moving around the mouse and nothing is happening. It has been a big issue because it keeps happening and delays my work. The frustration level started to get high and the mouse faced the results. I thought banging the mouse would fix the problem. My idea was dirt might have been on the sensor.
For the past week, I have been cracking this mouse thinking it was helping the situation. I blamed the mouse for malfunctioning. Oh how wrong I was! It wasn’t the mouse at all. It was the USB plug for the mouse. I put the blame immediately in one area. In believing the problem was one thing, I neglected to even look at anything else as the culprit.
Life is this way. When we have situations that are problematic, we have the opportunity to seek out the root cause. The Spirit reveals to us root problems; however, a big problem for us is acknowledging the Spirit’s conviction, hearing the revelation of the Holy Spirit. Many times we blame something else because it does not take us out of our comfort zone—it keeps us from being pruned and stretched the way that’s best. We stay stuck because we love to live in denial. Today, be open to the Spirit’s conviction. Do not try to be so fixated on other things that you fail to listen to God’s voice.
“But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment.” – John 16:7-8 [NIV]
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