Thursday, February 10, 2011

Peace like a river

Ever had one of those days where people treat you like trash just because they can? When your boss and your senior is so rude to you that it almost causes you to act out of your human nature?Where the missomunication that comes from their side gets blamed as selective hearing from yours? Well that's the day Im having so far, and its only 10:25!! And right here is where I stop it because I refuse to let this frustration consume me in the name of JESUS!

Aaaaaahhh.....just saying that makes me me feel so much better...It just hurts me that people can be so rude and insensitive towards other people. Yeah I know thats's how the world operates but it still bothers me, not just being rude to me but that people can be so rude in general. Im so grateful for being a child of God and that I have found His love. During my B.C life if someone was ever rude with me and I knew that I did nothing wrong I would always retaliate,say what was on my mind and let the person know excatly what I thought of them. Why should I keep quiet if I was the one being treated unfairly? But now that my life is hidden within Christ I have to learn to respond out of love, in fact Jesus said that I should turn the other cheek!!To the world that would seem absurd, but when your a child of God it makes sense. In the beginning it's tough, I mean I struggled hey!!But the closer I get to God the more it bothers me when I DONT react out of love. In the beggining it doesnt bother you so much when you act out of frustration, I hear it all the time from christians "Ek is maar net n mens", which is true but we cannot continue blaming our old nature all the time and just ignore the problem. When we are in Christ we have a NEW nature and it's no longer I that live but CHRIST in me,My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me-Galatians 2:20...We should no longer be blaming are own imperfection but we should strive towards God's perfection and refuse to become mediocre in our walk with Christ. The deeper we go the more the Holy-Spirit starts convicting us for our own good, its sometimes not that easy to ALWAYS listen but that's whats so wonderfull about the grace of God, that even though we fail He still loves us the same, but we should always be striving towards Holiness and LISTEN when the Holy-Spirit convicts us. I enjoyed pastor Eric's preach a few sundays ago about exchanging our stone heart for a heart of flesh. It makes so much sense then why it would hurt me when people are hurtfull towards each other, its because I exchanged my broken heart for that of Christ's-And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.-Ezekiel 36:26.

As I now meditate on this I can feel the Spirit of God filling me with His peace and giving me a better understanding of what He is trying to teach me. My prayer is that you will experience His peace in the same way. There's nothing like the presence of God to rejuvinate a tired spirit......

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