I picked up my kids the other day from school. After parking in the garage and beginning my after school routine, my eldest son came through the door to the house whining and in tears about how his brother NEVER closes his car door.
Now, you see, there is a reason why younger brother doesn't close his door sometimes. It's because he can't. I have to move the door in such a way to enable him to do his job. About a third of the time, I forget. It doesn't bother me. The lights in the car automatically turn off and it's in the garage. This insights the frustration of the older brother.
"YOUNGER BROTHER NEVER CLOSES HIS DOOR NEVER!!!!" is something I hear on a regular basis from my eldest. This begins teaching time for eldest. "Sweetheart, that's between youngest and me. Don't worry about what he's doing, just make sure you've done what I've asked you to do." Apparently this is not an easy concept to learn because, I do the same thing.
"FATHER GOD, LOOK WHAT THAT CHRISTIAN IS DOING OVER THERE!!!! THEY'RE NOT OBEYING YOU!!! THEY'RE NOT DOING X, Y, OR Z" Never mind that it's not my responsibility. Never mind that I'm not the Holy Spirit in that person's life. Never mind that God never asked me to take care of them. Never mind that I still need to close my own door.
I've been learning recently to release people into the hands of God. He's always had them in the first place, and He never gave me His place with them. We see in part and know in part, which means I don't fully know what's going on. I don't know what God is trying to show, teach, heal, deliver or work on with any given person. I must learn to release people and walk by His Spirit and not by my flesh. My flesh will always get it wrong, but His Spirit is always there to teach me how to obey and follow the LORD. I must throw my fleshly judgement out the window and be lead in the Spirit.
This means releasing myself from worrying how God's other children are going to get their work done. I never asked my eldest son to help his younger brother close his door. It's not his responsibility to make sure it gets done, but I know he feels the weight of it. He shouldn't and neither should I.
