KNOWN AS CHILDREN OF GOD Thursday July 16, 2015
Text: Matthew 5:9 Memory verse: v 9
God
calls his children to be peacemakers. This involves action, not just passive
compliance. Peacemakers actively work for peace, to cause reconciliation, to
end bitterness and strife. This peace is not appeasement but dealing with and
solving problems to maintain peace. Arrogant, selfish people do not concern
themselves with peacemaking. Peacemakers will be called the children of God
because they reflect their Father’s character. This also includes our call to
the ministry of reconciliation between God and man as expressed by Apostle Paul
in 2 Corinthians 5:18.
Peacemaking
involves taking risk and denying of self. You may be abused in the process.
However, it is better to be known as a peacemaker than troublemaker. We should
endeavour to make peace with people we offend, who offend us and people who are
not at peace with one another. We should not be comfortable seeing people in
enmity with one another without making any effort to reconciling them. Let us
make peace wherever we find ourselves.
Action: Are there people in our family, neighbourhood,
office, etc not at peace? Think of how you can reconcile them and act on it.
Prayer: Grant me the grace I need to be a peacemaker in my
neighbourhood.
No comments:
Post a Comment