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A few more warnings. Number one: Don’t try to put someone
else in your mold. You might be a square, or you might be a
circle. You might be a diamond, or you might be a rectangle.
You walk in the light God has given you, and don’t try to squash
other Christians into your mold. You are God’s workmanship.
You are created in Christ Jesus. You walk the path He has
foreordained for you. That’s the first warning.

The second warning: Don’t let anyone press you into their
mold. It’s the same truth from the other side. People try to make
you feel guilty if you don’t walk their way. They get upset, if you
don’t feel their burdens or join their programs. Don’t force
anybody into your mold, and don’t let anybody force you into their
mold. You walk before God, and make sure you are not following
man’s ideas, or the traditions of men. Don’t yield to pressure; be
unique; be yourself. Let God show the world what He can do in a
person like you. Don’t go copying other Christians.

The third warning is: Don’t judge anyone who is not in your
mold. Not only don’t force them. Don’t judge them. You don’t
know what God’s plans are for them. Don’t say, “Oh, that guy is
so lazy and he never gets involved.” You don’t know. He might
have a ministry of writing letters. A prayer ministry in the closet,
that men’s eyes will never see. You have no concept how God
will use somebody. They might have the gift of giving, and are
giving anonymously. One hand doesn’t know what the other one
is doing. Just because they aren’t involved in our great
programs, doesn’t mean they are backsliding.

Let’s not judge one another. We’ve all had a horrible past. “But
God”, who is rich in mercy and grace, found us. He created us,
quickened us, and made us alive. Together with Him, we become
His masterpiece. His great poem. Ephesians 2:10,

“We are His workmanship (Poem), and He has created us
through our union with Christ Jesus, for doing good works,
which He beforehand planned for us to do.”