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that you may inherit a blessing

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Posted on: 16th Sep 2014

ScreenHunter_01 Jan. 10 18.09.gif1 Peter 3:8-9 (NKJV)

8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; 9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

 

Reflections:

 

Ah yes, how easy it is to love those who love us, but let someone cross us, or say something bad about us, and �watch out!� How quickly we forget to turn the other cheek; or to go that extra mile.

 

 

What we fail to realize is that many times these painful situations are designed, by the Holy Spirit, to bring blessing and healing to the aggressor. We must remember that Christianity is not about us; it�s about Christ and others. This is the way Christ reaches out to the wounded � through us.

 

 

When we are first confronted with an offense most of us will immediately catch the sting of it, and yes it hurts. But if we�ll just stop and settle down for a moment, allowing the Holy Spirit some space, we can begin to understand the reasons the offense came. Usually the person that attacked was themselves offended, or they were suffering emotional pain at the time.

 

 

When we are the object of such aggression we need to respond the way Jesus responded,  ï¿½Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed (1 Pet 2:22-24).�

 

 

If we�ll take those few moments and allow the Holy Spirit to help us to think it through, our chances of a Godly response will be greatly enhanced. According to our verse, today, there�s also a blessing attached if we do �

 


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