Run Away Believers

“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”

Proverbs 19:11

A thin-skinned people are always finding ways to be offended.

It is as if they are a balloon and life’s littlest insult is the dart that bursts the balloon.

Unfortunately, this is not merely evident in the unchurched.

Christians can be so easily offended too!

We, in a moment of intense emotion, promise the Lord we will follow Him to the ends of the earth.

Then He sends someone who challenges us in an area of our life and so off we go to another church in search of the perfect people we so rightly deserve!

Of course our maturity will never be tested in that church because as soon as we are offended – off we run – to the next church.

Like the runaway bride we get ‘cold feet’ at the slightest offense never understanding that God might be in it to mature us.

(Of course that is not a license for us to be intentionally offensive in any way)

We leave under the misguided myth that maturity will never be tested in the church down the road.

Here’s a bit of unsolicited advice – If you find a church that never challenges your ability to be offended then that is the church you need to run out of as soon as possible.

It’s likely filled with people pleasers.

Rather than leave churches as if they had revolving doors how about growing up and instead learn to deal with offenses.

They will come.

I can promise you that!

When they do you are blessed with a choice – run or grow!