Skip to main content

Translate

Hate opposes speaking peacefully


I have decided that from now on I will make notes from all my readings, my bible's readings. It is amazing how this works. We think that is BS, but no! it is not. It helps us to focus and to notice things that we don't notice them if we only underline them. But, anyway. 
I have been reading my bible from the beginning, so now I'm on Genesis 37 and 38. Guess what just jump out of the scriptures to me this morning: (Gn 37:4b) They hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.

 Wow! I notice that, from times to times, there is always one person in our midst that it is too hard to get along with. Am I wrong? Most time we don't even know what it is about this person that we can't get along. And as it is written, they hated him --> they could not speak peacefully. Man! What now? You might say " I don't hate that person, I don't even have a reason to hate him/her." I tell you what, and even if you had the reason, you could not. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen 1 John 4:20. It says it all. 

 The only thing I suggest you do is: search in your heart what it is that bothers you so much about that person and spend some time talking to God, asking Him to help you to deal with that. For the love your own soul and the person's soul, and for the love, you claim to have in God, forgive this person for being that way. It might not be his/her fault. He or she might have been born that way. 
Think about it, you might be the victim in the story. Maybe, there is one person that you know that cannot tolerate you. How do you feel about that? Are you going to leave? Change your name? Move out the city? I guess not. So, if you realize that there are one or more people that can't stand you, the only place you can go, is to God's presence. Be there, spend some time with Him, ask him, what can you do to make their lives a little bit better so you might gain them to Christ. So, they can see Christ in you. 
Don't fall into the devil's trap, and go on blaming them. 
Be a real Christian. Ask God how you can love that person.

 Let's pray: Lord, I have been noticing that there are some people that I don't like very much, and I know there are people who don't like me either. Help me Lord to be a good Christian and show them grace and love. So they might turn to you, as I'm doing right now. In Jesus name, Amen.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I see Grace in the time of the Law // Eu vejo Graça no tempo da Lei

People frequently say that the Old Testament is the time of the law, and now we are under the Grace of God. Surprisingly, I just found out an explicit act of the Grace of God in the Old Testament. As I read chapter 9 of Deuteronomy , in which has a title Not because of Righteousness (ESV). I am stunned to see verses 4 - 6, they say: “ Do not say in your heart , after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘ It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you. 5 Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.6 “Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving y...
1 comment
Read more

No "trouble-free" card for you // Nenhum cartão "livre-de-problemas" para você

  The Word of the Lord is beautiful and true. In there, you find so many poems. This is the form the Bible authors chose to communicate the Word of the LORD, and it is profound. I’ve been listening to the Bible Project podcast for more than a year now. Lately, they are covering the theme of “The Wilderness”. Now, everywhere I read in the Scripture, I see something related to it. It is amazing. I am now in the book of the prophet Isaiah, chapter 43. And guess what? It is wonderful. Just in the first few verses, you find that God is telling His people that it doesn’t matter what sort of hardship they are going through, He, the Creator, will deliver them. Actually, it is said like this: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior....
Post a Comment
Read more

The oppressive urge to speak // A necessidade opressiva de falar

  Should I keep quiet forever? Is silence that bad? Can’t I stand my own thoughts that I need to say out loud? What kind of thoughts come to my mind? Are they generally good or bad? If I choose to speak up, to whom would it benefit? If anyone ever. Let me be clear: It is better not to say a word than say words that will do more harm than good. What if it is the truth? I ask, why would you say it? How would you say it? The truth will come out eventually. You don’t need to lie or be rude. What we must do is to be kind. If I tell you the truth in a harsh way, will you accept, or will you only hear the harsh sound of my voice and ignore completely what I was trying to say? Sometimes, not even the kindest words won’t make it through because the listener isn’t listening at all. The listener doesn’t care about your opinion, doesn’t care about others. The listener just cares about himself. The listener just wants to say w...
Post a Comment
Read more