Offense

Today was a good day for me. I have been surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. Two messages in particular helped me today. I am so very glad I had the opportunity to listen to them both. Both messages dealt with Offense and the Love of God. As a Christian I must always remember that I must always operate in the Love of God. Three things that stuck out about these 2 messages are:

• My joy can't be stolen if it is not based on worldly things.

• When somebody does something that hurts you or offends you, don’t think about what they are doing to you; think about what they’ve done to themselves; because if somebody really is mistreating you they’ve hurt themselves a lot more than they’ve hurt you.

• I do not have the time to be offended.

Both of these messages gave me great freedom. I must meditate on them and keep them at the forefront of my thoughts and mind. I also thought about the situation that led me to the offense. If I am completely honest I would have to accept the blame for the offense. I am the so-called Christian in this situation, the child of God and as such if I don't allow the spirit of God to lead me or I ignore the word of God when dealing with someone, then I am as much the blame and even more since I know the truth and am supposed to walk therein. In all of this I have learned that I must put God first and shun those things that God shuns. If I don't I will find myself being offended and offending others as a result of it.

The freedom that these messages gave me helped me to see that the most important element of any Christian walk is our relationship with God. If I don't walk in love then I can't walk in the complete provision of God. And I need Him in every aspect of my life. My life is not an easy one, but with the help of God I will endure to the end and receive a crown of life and forever be with the Lord.