Wednesday, January 21, 2015

The Good I Want To Do? BY: KB © 1.21.15




Man! Yesterday was a full day….there’s just something about coming off a holiday that makes a stressful situation that much more stressful; this fact is only intensified by the fact that I work with a population of folks who are disenfranchised and look to others to be empowered, so their lists and anxieties grow when the caregiver is absent. Then, I’m driving home with “eleventy nine” other people who just want to get home….I have to say that I attempted to let the expletives fly but the Holy Spirit didn't allow me to give into my flesh….I can say it’s not for the lack of trying because I had several instances where I felt justified…but each time I ended up praying for my frustration….which leads me to my point of the day.

How can I say I represent Christ when I continue to indulge in hypocrisy? Note I used the word indulge, I do so because my actions are a choice! Plain and simple and I can choose to live in conflict or I can choose to live in peace. Conflict comes when I choose to operate in self-will.. 

The apostle Paul summarized self-will and the conflict that ensues in  :  Romans 7:15-20 New International Version (NIV)
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

So what am I supposed to do?

Ephesians 4 : Instructions for Christian Living - 17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
20 That, however, is not the way of life you learned 21 when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Please note the fact that it doesn't say…fuss, cuss, complain, blame or judge…..it’s all about love people

How ya livin’?


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