The commands of man: Acts 4: 18
“Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.”
The commands of man can come from a place of pride, ignorance and fear. The commands of man can be orders to separate and distance people from their true callings. The commands of man can often be focusing on what the individual cannot do than what they can do. So the commands of man are sometimes restricting not releasing. The commands of man sometimes are veiled as fair judgments. The individual must agree to follow the command and be pleased no further action will be taken against them. The commands of man can come from dictators taking into no account the individual and their desires, gifts or even their needs. So the commands of man are often not from the shop floor where life is truly experienced but from an office many miles away. The commands of man are thus not incarnated into what is workable or understood but fuel the already growing detachment between them and us.
Next year you will once again hear many commands of man. But let those of us who lead and who command do it from a heart of sacrificial love which has made the journey into servanthood. Let our commands feel more a release for the individual to become all that they can become!
Missions Paul 