Today’s Thought “Self Preservation” G. Ward

“See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.” Isaiah 48:10

Dialogue intended is often monologue pursued. Mindsets of pride and arrogance can more seek to establish one’s own perspective while entirely discounting another’s. While argument (peaceably so) may seek to persuade other men, the insufficiency in communicating becomes not the fault of the communicator, but the hearer. All of this equals disagreement, rarely finding resolution.

Holy God enabled us to see a model church in the first century, who after ingesting His gospel were compelled to lay aside (cf. Heb.12:1) their own perspectives and opinions. Furthermore it’s said, “All the believers were together and had everything in common” (Ac.2:44). The vanity in man is always disagreeable in the spiritual realm. Therefore, “If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men” (Ro.12:18).

Happy Tuesday!