God gave intelligence to humans that his message would be spread, to cover all bounds of the earth. It is man’s desire to reach heaven and that he need to be subjected to the will of God. By the grace of God we are saved as our faith humbles us making us tranquil souls dealing intelligently the situations in our life. Two thousand years ago, Jesus being compelled to follow the will of the Father has to be sacrificed as a form of Passover, and he has to suffer for the sake of his dear ones. Diligently, he tried his best to mend the ways of his disciples, as he desired to save them from the bondage of sin. Jesus having fulfilled his mission sighs, “It is finished!”
In a different context, Noah built the Ark in preparation for the coming flood. Likewise, since during the time of Noah, there is no rain, the people ridiculed him. Noah preached about the coming flood for 120 years with God giving a grace period. As the people whose hearts were hardened to the last minute did not accede to Noah’s warning, God closed the door of the Ark. We noticed here that the people had a very hard time in believing Noah’s words. In a separate situational, Thomas, the apostle of Christ withholds reliance to the resurrection of Jesus whom his fellow apostles are telling of having risen, because he wanted to personally see Jesus with the wounds in his hands and side, for him to believe.
The greatest problem among Christians is the teaching, since we differ in each of our own analysis. Thinking intently, we should realize that we are the targets of the Devil that he may prove that our testimony is but a mockery. If a Christian lives a life that is not in accordance with the will of God, he is held responsible not only for his deeds but also of the welfare of other people whom he influences. Since in the desired period all of us will be giving an account of all his works, we should not speak any evil to each other, if we could only avoid. We have in our perceptions mirrors of others’ lives but we should not be discouraged of their works and words.
We should aim for heaven and not speak evil to one another. Instead, captivating various insights, we should enjoy the word of God. In our desire to be lifted up, we should not forget that we must settle our misunderstanding the earliest possible time. Rather than judge each other, we need to subdue the influence of their wrong doing that we capture in our experience of listening from these other people. We should be reconciled to our brothers to refresh the fellowship, renewing generous hearts in our acts of forgiveness and humility. We should also avoid being exposed to places, which rupture the wounds even places of worship in other congregations. We should avoid breaking relationships, and evade from the evil that someone would accuse us. We in our worship need to consult our hearts, as it is our desire to settle differences that our worship will be acceptable to God, our Father.
Problems when prolonged and left to worsen will result to delusion and misunderstanding. Even small holes when left aside enlarge the damage. We should be prayerful so that when problems knock in our doors, we know then what to do. If our problem is pride as we see others in their wrongdoing, we should not be overcome by our emotions as not to end up hating them. Being blinded by our heartaches, as we are helpless, we should be alarmed not to ride on in the situation of the problem but to divert to other means that can alleviate our hatred. In an effort to baby-sit pride, King Saul wanted to kill David, as he knows that David is capable of being the next King.
Jonathan in an effort to take David away from danger safeguarded him eluding him from dangerous areas, this because they were close to each other. David in a situation where he had Saul closely captured as the latter was within his reach, was warned by God through his conscience not to stain God’s anointed, this even David had all the chance to rebel against Saul. Moreover learning that David had been in close attack but had been merciful to him, Saul bended down and admitted that he has sinned.
In that very hour that Saul was almost assaulted if David had been tempted to lure him, the latter received an advice from Abishai, one of David’s generals, as this man whispered to him, “God has delivered your enemy into your grasp this day. Let me nail him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I will not need a second thrust (1 Samuel 26:8).” David had these words: “Do not harm him, for who can lay hands on the Lord’s anointed and remain unpunished (1 Samuel 26:9).” Saul admitting his mistakes said, “I have sinned.” There is a problem between two persons but one of them humbled. They struggled for the Kingdom, but King Saul humbled.
We should renew our ties every time and admit to ourselves that we can still forgive our brother. With him insisting on his fiery words, we can avoid the person to refrain from being polluted of his words and be hurt. Somehow, we should leave to God’s hands his mete. We should be enlightened that we are Christians, as we need to cleanse us seeking fresh waters and by God’s mercy, we should know well that in our salient grounds, we could still find true friends, those who will not ruin us and is ready for their comforting advice. Likewise, we should thank God for the grace period and for the many people who still loves us, that we may be willing to suffer even to offer our life for the sake of our dear ones.
- Jose Constante I. Nartatez
