Door Mat…What is That
I read a post this morning that said, "God did not make
us to be door mats."
I take exception to this statement because it smacks of the
self esteem teaching that violates the principles of God.
Christ was the ultimate door mat! He died for the sins of
others. Often He asks us to die to self for the sake of others.
To think that we should never be walked on, is to say that
we are better than our Lord.
There are times, that being a door mat, might cause someone
to become born again. Christ's sacrifice on the cross was the ultimate
degridation that provided the way for many to become saved and on their way to
heaven.
Next time someone tells you not to be a door mat, ask them
if Christ did the wrong thing, when He allowed Himself to be tortured and
murdered that others might live. Remember He rose from the dead...one day we
will join Him, if we are born again.
Christ in us, can tell us when to be a door mat and when to
remove ourselves, it is His call. We must seek Him for each situation. If one
person became born again because I allowed myself to be stepped on, then I want
to lay myself down waiting for the foot print in my back.
There are times to remove ourselves and times when we remain
for the sake of Christ. We must seek Him for guidance. Many believers have
suffered for their faith in Christ. Are we willing to be counted with them, if
need be?
Hebrews 11:36 "Still others had trial of mockings and
scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment."
Hebrews 11:37 "They were stoned, they were sawn in two,
were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented--"
Hebrews 11:38 "of whom the world was not worthy. They
wandered in deserts and mountains, [in] dens and caves of the earth."
Sometimes I laugh at myself for being upset that someone
wronged me in someway, because there is no trial I have gone through that
compared to what Christ went through and many saints who have passed endured,
and now even today there are many who are suffering for Christ around the
world.
May we evaluate every concept we were taught in our culture,
passing it through the filter of the Word of God, determining to shed all the
traditions and teachings that do not come into line with God's Word.
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