Prepare: Lord, give me spiritual discernment.
Read: Luke 12:49-59
War without, but peace within: New Christian converts from other faiths experience rejection by their families, being robbed of their inheritance, and being expelled from their communities. Jesus' arrival into this world has been to 'set fire on the earth'. All those who accept Jesus into their heart to be their Lord and Saviour will experience a constant conflict with the world, be it within their families or in other spheres of their lives. If we are complacent and do not feel the heat of this spiritual warfare around us all the time with every decision it only shows how conformed we are to the world. Light cannot exist with darkness, thus we should dare to differ and stand up for the Lord and do his will (Matt 12:48-50). The challenge is to maintain our lives, being in the world but not to the world and to endure the hatred toward us knowing that we do not belong here (John 15:19).
Workout your own peace: Jesus derides people for being weather wise but not discerning the times. We must distinguish right from wrong. Through the illustration in verses 58 and 59, Jesus tells us that reconciliation with one's adversary is better than confrontation.
Respond: Lord, give me wisdom to follow You and to discern the times.
Read: Luke 12:49-59
War without, but peace within: New Christian converts from other faiths experience rejection by their families, being robbed of their inheritance, and being expelled from their communities. Jesus' arrival into this world has been to 'set fire on the earth'. All those who accept Jesus into their heart to be their Lord and Saviour will experience a constant conflict with the world, be it within their families or in other spheres of their lives. If we are complacent and do not feel the heat of this spiritual warfare around us all the time with every decision it only shows how conformed we are to the world. Light cannot exist with darkness, thus we should dare to differ and stand up for the Lord and do his will (Matt 12:48-50). The challenge is to maintain our lives, being in the world but not to the world and to endure the hatred toward us knowing that we do not belong here (John 15:19).
Workout your own peace: Jesus derides people for being weather wise but not discerning the times. We must distinguish right from wrong. Through the illustration in verses 58 and 59, Jesus tells us that reconciliation with one's adversary is better than confrontation.
Respond: Lord, give me wisdom to follow You and to discern the times.
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