GIVE YOUR STRENGTH TO GOD
2 TIMOTHY 3:12 “Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted; and evil persons and imposters will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves. But as for you, continue in the truths that you were taught and firmly believe. You know who your teachers were, and you remember that ever since you were a child, you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”
...Remember, that all through history, the way to truth and love has always won. Tyrants and murderers, for a time, they seem invincible, but, in the end they always fall... Think about it....Always.
- Mohandas K. Gandhi
I just finished reading the book “99 Annoying Attributes of God” by Ray Albrekson, Janet Kobobel, Grant Alan, Gary Stanley and Kirsten Wilson. It is a collection of what the writers consider to be, well, annoying attributes of God. Most of the 99 attributes are backed up by scripture to give us a clearer view of why we don’t always see eye to eye with God.
I have been having a lot of conversations with God Lately that concern my pent up anger towards people who have hurt my family in one way or another. Not physically, mind you, but emotionally, verbally and spiritually. My main questions for God is how to best address the issue of wrongful persecution. The internet, gossipers, people with grudges and just plain mean spirited people can cause a great deal of damage just by opening their mouths and swaying others to chip in with this type of abuse.
Why do some people feel it is necessary to inflict malicious behavior on someone else? Is it because they feel inferior and need to shoot down someone else because of that person’s success? Is it because they have this fear of not knowing what the other person intends to do, so they do whatever is needed to stop the other person, whether the reasons are just or not.
It doesn’t matter where you work, where you live, or what organizations you belong to, there will most likely be people that don’t like what you do, say or wear and they will eventually spew out venomous accusations to others about you in hopes of you being labeled as a bad person.
So, what is the answer? What does God want us to do? In the scripture above it says we should remain truthful to what we were taught as a child. Can we do this? What about the people who have caused this harm? Is Gandhi correct?
It takes great strength to keep true. Give that strength to God and let Him take control.
2 TIMOTHY 3:12 “Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted; and evil persons and imposters will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves. But as for you, continue in the truths that you were taught and firmly believe. You know who your teachers were, and you remember that ever since you were a child, you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”
...Remember, that all through history, the way to truth and love has always won. Tyrants and murderers, for a time, they seem invincible, but, in the end they always fall... Think about it....Always.
- Mohandas K. Gandhi
I just finished reading the book “99 Annoying Attributes of God” by Ray Albrekson, Janet Kobobel, Grant Alan, Gary Stanley and Kirsten Wilson. It is a collection of what the writers consider to be, well, annoying attributes of God. Most of the 99 attributes are backed up by scripture to give us a clearer view of why we don’t always see eye to eye with God.
I have been having a lot of conversations with God Lately that concern my pent up anger towards people who have hurt my family in one way or another. Not physically, mind you, but emotionally, verbally and spiritually. My main questions for God is how to best address the issue of wrongful persecution. The internet, gossipers, people with grudges and just plain mean spirited people can cause a great deal of damage just by opening their mouths and swaying others to chip in with this type of abuse.
Why do some people feel it is necessary to inflict malicious behavior on someone else? Is it because they feel inferior and need to shoot down someone else because of that person’s success? Is it because they have this fear of not knowing what the other person intends to do, so they do whatever is needed to stop the other person, whether the reasons are just or not.
It doesn’t matter where you work, where you live, or what organizations you belong to, there will most likely be people that don’t like what you do, say or wear and they will eventually spew out venomous accusations to others about you in hopes of you being labeled as a bad person.
So, what is the answer? What does God want us to do? In the scripture above it says we should remain truthful to what we were taught as a child. Can we do this? What about the people who have caused this harm? Is Gandhi correct?
It takes great strength to keep true. Give that strength to God and let Him take control.
posted by John | Friday, August 18, 2006
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