Wisdomfied part 16-Strife
Prepare your heart: Read Matthew 15:16-20. Reflect on how often our culture points to everything but but the sin nature to explain violent behavior? Pray that God would open up your heart to hear His words for you today. Jesus had a lot to say about the feelings in our heart that we don’t act on. Matthew 5:21,22 describes the situation this way-though you may not murder, to feel the feelings for anger on the inside, by the court (His Father’s judgment) you are guilty of eternal punishment if not covered by the blood of Christ. It is easy to read verses about murder and revenge and think it doesn’t apply to us. Yet if one looks deeper, we may be harboring feelings inside that could lead to these actions. Matthew 5 calls us into account to pray for a softened heart, and give those feelings over to God. Have you ever been secretly glad when something bad happens to someone you don’t like very much? You may be guilty of revenge. ...