“IT IS NOT YOU!”

Matthew 10:19-22                        (ESV)

“19 When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.

20 For “IT IS NOT YOU” who speak, but the SPIRIT of your FATHER speaking through you.

21 Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,

22 and you will be hated by all for MY name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”

There are MANY things that Scripture states that I don’t fully understand, but I don’t have to understand them to make them TRUTH!  There are times when ALMIGHTY GOD has spoken through me that I hardly remember exactly what HE said through me, and there are other times that the Words HE has spoken have transformed my life!  Regardless of what was said through me, there are times when the SPIRIT of GOD says “IT IS NOT YOU”, rather it is ME that is using your mouth to relay HIS Message!  

The Scripture above states that “you will be hated by all for MY name's sake”!  Now most people have an innate desire to be “liked” by others.  Speaking for myself, it is a lot more gratifying to see encouraging words than to see people who disagree with the Word of GOD.   But JESUS said to be prepared WHEN they deliver you over, not IF they deliver you over!  We should be aware that the enemy IS roaming to and fro seeking whom he may devour, and this game is not for the weak in Spirit!  The Word spoken through us needs to be heeded, not only by others, but by the ones used to speak these Words!  

The Message delivered by our Words are intended to Glorify the FATHER.   If we aren’t listening to what is communicated by our own lips, then who better can HE use to reach us?  We need to realize that “IT IS NOT YOU” that is delivering a Message when we are used, but the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD speaking through us.  HIS Message must be listened to, AND OBEYED, by ALL!!!