I am all about helping someone who looks like they are going down the wrong road. A road that can be of great danger. When it comes to acquaintances I can plant the seed and let it go. But when it comes to my loved ones, I plant the seed and try forcing it to grow. I know I should let it go and let God, and I am learning that, but it is so hard. That must be how God feels with us. He can’t force His truth on us. It’s usually the consequences that teach us the hard way. We are created to care about this precious gift of life God has given us, not to keep abusing His goodness. Sometimes the case is, we want more for that someone that we love than they want it for themselves. Even though all this is truth, God wants us to speak in love.
Picture your pastor on Sunday sharing the word of God with you while clanging the cymbals at the same time. You wouldn’t hear it. That is how I would think we sound when we are trying to get our point across forcefully. Like the scripture says, “a resounding gong, or a clanging cymbal.” You may be right about something, speaking the truth, but yelling your point across won’t be heard.
God is always teaching me valuable life lessons of what His love looks like. Even when you’re right and standing for the truth of what is best for someone, especially those you love, Jesus says “Do everything with Love” (1 Corinthians 16: 14)
Man is this hard when those you love are making God rejecting choices. Choices that hurt them, as well as hurt you because you know it can harm them.
We aren’t helping anyone by being overbearing, or screaming our point across. Actually it does more harm than good. God teaches us how to speak in love, let go, and trust Him in everything. God knows you want the best for those you love, but so does He. Consequences that come, unfortunately are the way most people learn. It is God’s will not to harm us, but to humble us, to see our need for Him, and to walk in His ways.
1 Corinthians 13: 1, I could speak the truth of God’s word, even have faith to move mountains, but if I have not love, I am no good for God. I am not showing the character of Jesus at all. There is a way of standing firm in faith, and the truth of God’s word without screaming. Look to Jesus.
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Kim
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