Monday, February 3, 2020

Peace, Holiness, Christ In Us, Always.


Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord

Peace with all men. .. imagine that, peace with all. We live  in a world filled with so much angst. Around every turn we have another upset  another flash of anger ignited by the simplest of things. A wrong expression can cause a fight even if that wrong expression is the result of an internal thought and nothing actually done to upset someone. An innocent, not dangerous, harmless mistake while driving can  cause another person to become furious. We jump to conclusions that lean more to condemnation towards each other than forgiveness. Thinking the worst quickly- this is the common go to. If we are truly seeking to follow peace with all how can we be so quick to judge? We convict and condemn in a moment of time. Where is our compassion?  We don't know the real struggles that occur with others, we assume people are a certain way and do not let our understanding go further than that. We mock them silently for their behavior and call it lazy, selfish, ungodly- when we do not walk in their shoes, or live within the limits of their brain- their emotions, their mental capabilities. We do not let peace reign in us for all others, but rather condemn them in our hearts where God alone can see.

Follow peace with all men…and holiness.

We need to seek peace, to seek holiness in every single one of our dealings with other people. You read that right. There is not even one situation where we should deal with others without the peace and holiness of our Savior living in us, working in us, being revealed in us.

When we try to separate ourselves from our Christian walk at any moment we are in danger of denying Christ and if we deny Christ then He will not have any part of us, He will NOT know us.

Christ in us…

Col_1:27  … Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Col 3:11  … Christ is all, and in all. 

Joh 14:17  Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 

Joh 14:20  At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 

Christ is a PART of us who choose to let Him be.

Christ is not a piece of clothing that we can put on and take off at will. We can push Christ away, He'll never force Himself on us. When we choose Christ He lives in us as a constant companion. We don't separate ourselves from Him, we allow Him to live in us and He guides us in all we do. We must let Him be a part of our entire life in all our interactions. It is HIS peace and HIS holiness that we have to interact with others…all others, at all times.

All by His grace!

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