When I read the Scripture, I am inspired by God’s Word. I want to be that good person that God exhorts me to be. I want to be loving and kind to others. I want to be patient and tender-hearted. I want to bless others with my words and grow in wisdom. I want to be merciful and forgiving toward those who do me wrong. I want to be generous with my time and money for building the Kingdom of God.
But no sooner am I resolved to be the best person that I can be for God’s purpose, than I am faced with some temptation, and my weakness is exposed, my will shattered.
We all have those days when everything is going great, then someone says the exact wrong thing to us, in the exact wrong tone of voice, at the exact wrong time. All the good intention in the world is not enough to overcome habitual ways of reacting to certain situations. To change our hard-wired reactions to certain situations we need to change our perspective, and that can only be achieved through the power of honest prayer.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you.
(James 4: 7-8)
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