A friend of mine said that to me today during a conversation that we had which got me thinking. During this week I have been able to spend a lot of time on a christian campus surrounded by Christians with the talk of missions, culture and adventure all around me. Then I re-entered into my work environment where things were much different and sometimes I really have no idea how to deal with them.
I went off to class and I was talking about how I sometimes missed being in that environment where everyone was happy and polite and decent conversation was discussed. My friend then said,
"Not everyone is like you"
Which is true, the issue is now that at this moment I had just created what everyone thinks a christian church and person should be. Yet we are still broken mess up people too, people who get angry, hurt others and make fun of others around us. We as Christians are not perfect but that can be very well implied by what I said.
I often struggle with expecting people to live like I do because I know that it is right because God said so. The issue is that this whole mentality of living like ME is focused on ME! I have become prideful of the fact that I am a good person completely forgetting that I was God who saved me and I would be in the exact same place as they are without Him.
I need to go back to the basics of
a. God has saved me and I couldn't do it myself even if I tried (which I have...)
b. because he has saved me and I have to Holy Spirit I need to be co-operative with the Holy Spirit to be able to develop the fruit... none of which include pride or looking down on ppl
I need to be content and remember that this world is not where I belong and at times I will feel uncomfortable, it is how I manage this uncomfortableness makes the difference.
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