Have you ever taken a hard look at a house that has been consumed by a fire? Room to room, papers, mattresses, couches, floors, walls...etc..you name it, EVERY thing burns to ashes! But if you look further, you will notice that the foundation of the home is still there. It may be covered with soot and debris, but it is still there. Now have you ever been in a situation where you were trying your hardest to get someone to see your point of view about something? I can remember times where someone may have been trying to get me to see something, but i just didn't see it that way. It wasn't because i refused to do the right thing but rather i really didn't see the wrong. So instead of good coming out of the situation offense took root, frustration, resentment, bitterness and harmful words were thrown, guards were up and ultimately nothing was accomplished. I have even done this with my spouse, i believed that i was doing good by pointing out somethings that i saw in him that needed to change but he didn't see it that way "at the time", so i kept trying to force the issue and almost immediately at that point he felt he needed to defend himself(as its a natural human mechanism)and eventually it became an argument. Because i wanted to get it right then a fire was created and every good intention and good desire that i had was burned to the ground. Any time that we allow flesh to take over to do Gods will we run the risk of igniting fires. The word of God can not be debated, it needs no defense, it needs no power point to explain it. IT is what IT is, the truth and it cuts deep as a two-edged sword. IT will not be destroyed. Today i am learning to pray about the things i see in others, address it when God says and then to move on and allow the word of God to do the changing. This way i have obeyed God and prevented fire damage all at the same time.
Be Blessed!
This is great, well said!
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