The Test!!

Jonah was absolutely positively put to the test, the test of all tests…It's called:  wait for it…wait for it…Ok..Ok..I'll tell you…I'm not a patient person either…It's called "The obedience test" !! Ouch!! Obedience means not to do what comes naturally to us, but to choose to do that which is unnatural and that which takes supernatural power to carry out in practice. 

Jonah acted naturally….there is no way he wanted to humble himself, face the criticism of Israel and go serve his ultimate enemy!! But..do you know what always cracks me up? Commentary about Cross style living!! We love to write commentaries about how others should have known better or how they shouldn't have acted a certain way..!! True!! There are many times that we should all be humble and completely unafraid of living out that humility..but then…it's all put to the test…Ugh!! Oh no!!  My favorite commentaries go beyond the commentary about humility and remind you how to be humble…for we are totally commanded to be humble…!!
Friends, read this and weep with me…LOL...

Philippians chapter 2,
       " In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ                Jesus:Who, being in very nature[a] God did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;

 rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
 And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death—
        even death on a cross!

Know what's amazing??? Nowhere in all of the passage of Scripture does it say anything about trying! The Bible simply, commands that we "Have" the practice of Humility in place and therefore we "have" the same..not close to, but the same…mindset as Christ Jesus.

So, what's the answer?? The Holy Spirit!! When you're operating in the natural mode, expect for others to get your goat!! When you need to take the humble road, call out quick for the Holy Ghost!!