What do you do when you have what you consider to be a good idea to share with another, but the other party is not interested in hearing what you have to say?
Jesus had wise words for his disciples when he sent them out to preach the gospel to local villages. He prepared them for rejection and taught them how to respond in a way that would not impede their healing ministry. He counseled them, “If any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town” (Matt. 10:14, RSV).
He taught them to not push themselves on others or force their ideas on unreceptive ears. He taught them to move on, but also the importance of not letting any lingering negativity travel with them.
“Shake the dust off your feet,” he instructed. The dust would be any resentment, anger, criticism, or harsh judgment. He taught them to love, not to hate.
We can do the same.
If others are not receptive to our ideas, that is not a call to get angry or upset. It’s a signal to keep moving, trusting that God provides the right opportunities for good ideas to bear fruit in circumstances that support those ideas.
Harboring resentment stymies our progress. It’s not our friend. Keep moving with Love.
Such helpful advice . How easy it is to , unwittingly .
, harbour a little sense of “ judging “ if others do not listen to our sharing of Truth . We may think we are not reacting – but are we truly knowing that all communication is from God to his idea , man – regardless of what may seem to be the human appearance ,
Have we purified our own thought of all resistance to Truth ? I am asking this of myself on a daily basis – the answer is quite enlightening ! ,
Thank you, Evan. It’s always a relief to “shake the dust from our feet”. And thank you, Wanda for reminding us to “purify our own thought of all resistance to Truth”.
We do not need to harbor resentment if someone isn’t listening to our
spiritual communications. if we realise that if they are spiritually based, and that they are God’s thoughts, not our personal thoughts.. We can hold onto them and continue to benefit from them ojrselves,, and if we do that, even though no-one seems to have
been listening, they are still doing good if we hold onto them and let
these thoughts speak for themselves., Man has no thoughts of his own, they are really only what God is giving us to know and share. We are God’s ideas, and an idea cannot have another idea of its own, separate from its source.
“ man has no thoughts of his own “ love that Maggie !
Yes – one Mind only – speaking to all – Truth expressed the only thing going on . Which is why we can shake off the dust of nothingness when it tries to erroneously present itself to us as a false belief .
Lovely. Thanks, Evan!