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Can't get along? // Não se dá bem?



Is there a person that is hard for you to get along with? That person really gets on your nerves and you don’t even know why exactly? Or you haven’t given much thought about why. You might even know some saying to justify the fact that you don’t get along with that person.

Do you know what I think? I think you are jealous of that person (your thought goes like this: absolutely No. No way. What? Impossible. There is nothing that person has that I would like for my own, and so on). But deep down that person does have something that you don’t, and you wish; it can be anything, something that you might think it is ridiculous. But it is there in your heart and you know it. And next thing you know that person is out of the sudden not trustworthy, or posh, or infantile, and your list of flaws for that person runs miles away.

You just can’t stand that person. You sometimes think about how to get rid of that person, or at least the sight of her (him). You fear that person might steal your friends, your position, your life. That person is so perfect, and you think it is false. So, you want to get away as far as possible from that person.

In the Bible, there was a man like that. The king Saul, he couldn’t get along with David. At the beginning he loved David. Then, David became a threat to him. David was loved by the people, by Saul’s daughter, Saul’s son, the army, especially he was loved by God and he had the Holy Spirit with him, which by the way had departed from Saul because of his sins. Suddenly the impulse to get rid of David was so big, that he couldn’t hide anymore. He declared war against David. He started plotting ways to have David killed, all these are written in 1 Samuel 18 – 19.

You see when we fester hate or jealousy nothing good can come out of it.

Well my friend, if you relate with Saul, the first king of Israel, you must learn from the other Saul, who had his name changed after his meeting with Jesus. Paul once was Saul, and just like the king, he also was angry, jealous, self-righteous and etc. But then, Jesus came in his way and he changed so much that name Saul didn’t match with him anymore.

Paul wrote a letter to the Ephesians (4: 17 – 32), and it is about how to be a good person. And good people “get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice (v.31), and start being kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you” (v.32).

Now, pray like this: “Lord help me to put away my envy, jealousy, rage, anger. I confess to You all my ugliest thoughts and feeling towards that person (say the name of the person). I do not want to grieve the Holy Spirit but ask Him for help and to be renewed in the spirit of my mind and put on a new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness”. In Jesus name, Amen.

Existe uma pessoa que é difícil para você se dar bem? Aquela pessoa que te dá nos nervos e você não sabe exatamente o porquê? Ou você nem tem pensado muito no porquê.  Você até sabe algum ditado que justifica o fato de você não se dar bem com aquela pessoa.

Sabe o que eu penso? Eu penso que você tem ciúmes dessa pessoa (seus pensamentos agora estão: Absolutamente Não. De jeito nenhum. Hã? Impossível. Não há nada naquela pessoa que me faça ter ciúmes, e continua). Mas lá no fundo, aquela pessoa tem algo que você não tem, e você gostaria. Pode ser qualquer coisa, algo que você acha que é ridículo. Mas está lá no seu coração, e você sabe. E do nada aquela pessoa não é confiável, é metida, ou infantil, e a lista de defeitos daquela pessoa vai quilômetros.

Você não suporta aquela pessoa. E às vezes você pensa em alguma forma de se livra dela, ou pelo menos deixar de vê-la. Você teme que essa pessoa possa te roubar os amigos, seu emprego, sua vida. A pessoa é tão perfeita que você pensa que é falso.
Então, você quer se afastar dela para o mais longe possível.

Na bíblia houve um homem assim. O rei Saul, ele não conseguiu se dar bem com Davi. Então, Davi se tornou uma ameaça para ele. Davi era amado pelo povo, pela sua filha, seu filho, seu exército e especialmente por Deus, e ele tinha o Espírito Santo com ele, o que a proposito deixou Saul por causa dos seus pecados. De repente o impulso de se livra de Davi era tão grande que ele não podia mais esconder. Ele declarou guerra contra Davi. Ele começou a planejar formas de matar Davi, tudo isso está escrito em 1 Samuel 18 – 19.

Para você vê, quando nós alimentamos o ódio ou ciúmes nada de bom pode sair disso.

Bem meu amigo, se você se identifica com Saul, o primeiro rei de Israel, você deve aprender com o outro Saul (em português seria Saulo), que teve que mudar seu nome depois de encontrar com Jesus para Paulo. Paulo, uma vez foi Saul, e assim como rei, ele também era raivoso, ciumento, hipócrita, e etc. Mas daí, Jesus veio no seu caminho e mudou tanto que precisou mudar até o nome, porque não combinava mais com ele.

Paulo escreveu uma carta aos Efésios (4:17 – 32) e era sobre como ser uma boa pessoa. E boas pessoas “(v.31) se livram de toda amargura, indignação e ira, gritaria e calúnia, bem como de toda maldade. (V.32) e começam a ser bondosos e compassivos uns para com os outros, perdoando-se mutuamente, assim como Deus os perdoou em Cristo.

Agora ore assim: “Senhor me ajude a abandonar toda inveja, ciúmes, ódio, raiva. Eu confesso a Ti todos os mais terríveis pensamentos e sentimentos para aquela pessoa (diga o nome da pessoa). Eu não quero entristecer o Espírito Santo, mas pedir a sua ajuda, e para renovar a meu modo de pensar e me revestir do novo ser criado para ser semelhante a Deus em justiça e em santidade provenientes da verdade. Em nome de Jesus, Amém.

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