•5:35 PM
"They hated Christ, so who am I?"
Throughout our life we're gonna cross paths with people and, for whatever the reason, they will not like us. Some will even go so far as to say they DESPISE us.
Doesn't mean we've done them anything.
They just won't like us.
Of course, our human side will wonder "why".
Oftentimes our human side will even want to react to those individuals who are bent on going out of their way to be mean to us when we haven't done them anything but good.
What should we do when our human side wants to take control and, possibly, get us in trouble?
Think back to the cross.
Look at what they did to Christ.
They spit upon him.
Put a crown of thorns on his head.
Mocked him.
And for what?
He didn't do anything wrong.
But how did he react to their negativity?
"Father forgive them for they know not what they do."
This should be our attitude today.
When people do us wrong, no matter how much we may want to "get even", let's take a second to think back to Christ and how he handled the worst treatment known to man.
Let's use his example and become the bigger person.
Look at what they did to him;
yet he didn't speak any evil to those that wronged him.
If Christ could forgive those who mistreated him,
surely we can forgive those who mistreat us.
Think about it...
- B.
Throughout our life we're gonna cross paths with people and, for whatever the reason, they will not like us. Some will even go so far as to say they DESPISE us.
Doesn't mean we've done them anything.
They just won't like us.
Of course, our human side will wonder "why".
Oftentimes our human side will even want to react to those individuals who are bent on going out of their way to be mean to us when we haven't done them anything but good.
What should we do when our human side wants to take control and, possibly, get us in trouble?
Think back to the cross.
Look at what they did to Christ.
They spit upon him.
Put a crown of thorns on his head.
Mocked him.
And for what?
He didn't do anything wrong.
But how did he react to their negativity?
"Father forgive them for they know not what they do."
This should be our attitude today.
When people do us wrong, no matter how much we may want to "get even", let's take a second to think back to Christ and how he handled the worst treatment known to man.
Let's use his example and become the bigger person.
Look at what they did to him;
yet he didn't speak any evil to those that wronged him.
If Christ could forgive those who mistreated him,
surely we can forgive those who mistreat us.
Think about it...
- B.
