James 3:14 Kings
James
But if ye have
bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the
truth.
I find when I get
focused on a situation and my feelings have been hurt and my hurt turns to
strife, it usually escalates in my mind. I find I began to play out a scene in
my mind that’s never happened. Yet, in my mind I'm predicting it
to fruition. Have you found yourself doing this? Thanks for joining me
today for Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power and Faith-Filled Friday with Trench
Classes United.
James 3:14 instructs
us on what to do with our strife or bitterness that seems to go straight to our
heart. We aren’t to cover up. We are to address it, and I believe God is
instructing us to place it before Him because out of bitterness stems actions
that do not bring glory to our Lord.
I've realized that
by allowing this strife, bitterness, and/or jealously to take hold of my
mind, it opens the door to a downward spiral, and a mall issue becomes far
greater in my mind and heart than it really is. Could it be that each situation
occurs, He wants to use it to help build our endurance, keep us looking to our
Abba? These trails build our character in in Him.
3 We can rejoice, too, when
we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character
strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how
dearly God loves us because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with
his love.
Without these trials of hurt, strife, and jealousy we would never see that there's still so much in us that needs to change. It humbles us, brings us to our knees, helpless for our Abba’s help, for we are helpless without Him.
Be
encouraged through these trials, knowing that God will never give us more than
we can handle. Praise God for His new grace, mercy, and forgiveness for our
sins every second of the day. Take courage, beloveds; He is making warriors of
us so He can use us for far greater things.
Humbled,
Ashley
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