God's Thoughts vs Worldly ThoughtsOne of the thing about being a Christian is to be constantly on guard with our emotions, our thoughts, our actions.
At times I find that when we relax our guard, that's when the devil find the opportunity to attack.
It happens to everyone. Happens to me. And that frustrates us and drives us up the wall.
Just happened in an incident yesterday. I was driving, coming out of a junction and came in this driver extremely fast
and tail gate me. You know, this kind of incident would have aggravate anyone. So you know, I thought who is he to intimidate anyone like this I mean life is at stake here. People can get into accident with his kind of reckless and irresponsible driving. So I thought not to let him pass and drive slower just to gravitate him back.
I'm usually calm let everyone pass even though they cut in selfishly with the understanding people without God are living in bondage to the power of sin. God spoke to me once when you let people overtake you and not react, that is not weakness but strength of a Man.
I don't know why I let my guard down that day.
That is
when I felt something's not right in my heart. In my mind I thought If I was to love him, He need to be taught a lesson, He can't do this to everyone.
I reason and justified in my own thoughts and yet at the same time, my heart didn't feel right. I went through the day thinking about this.
Last night I search through the Bible and ask God to speak to me. And Thank be to God, He does Answer.
I was led by the Holy Spirit to a few verses.
And God spoke to me again. How am I to know if that guy has something really critical or urgent in his life for him to drive like that or perhaps He's been unjustly mistreated by others through the day to be like that.
That is when I realize 1 Peter 5:8 saying to Be self-controlled and alert at all times. At all times because the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
True enough that is the lesson. When we let our own thoughts to justify we are defeated instantly.
I prayed to God to keep me strong in his grace and to constantly remind me of the Love we need to display and I pray the same for you, Amen?
God Bless