Family Squabbles

“Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family],

giving precedence and showing honor to one another.”

Romans 12:10 (Amplified)

 

The best of families have squabbles every now and then.

The family of God is no different.

What should mark us as a family of God is that we forgive and move on.

“Should” is the operative word because we don’t always do as we should, do we?

It is infinitely easier to say we will do as scripture commands than it is to do it.

As a matter of fact, as we have talked about previously, we cannot love as we are told to apart from His supernatural love in us.

Natural love has borders, demarcations and turf to protect.

Supernatural love only, always does what is right regardless of

 the feelings, emotions and natural logic.

That is why we often find it so hard to move on after a squabble.

We are trying to live supernaturally, naturally.

We are trying to do naturally what can only be done supernaturally.

As God’s love grows in us our response should be different than it used to be.

It should be a response that brings the glory to God and not to ourselves.

We don’t forgive so that we can be the ‘H-E-R-O’.

We forgive because He forgave us.

That directs our focus on Him and not on me.

We might also note that it does not say in the passage above:

‘It would be good if you…love one another with…’

Paul states it as a command and not a suggestion.

We should pursue love so that that love is evidence of our relationship with Him who is love.

Only God can work that kind of love in us.

Do you want it?