During This Time

Matthew 6:13 “And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.” ~NLT

Normally when we have read or heard this text from the Lord’s Prayer, we automatically think ‘adultery’. Ungodly acts of temptation against our wives or our husbands. Others may think of temptation where it concerns addictions. Knowing we need to put down the alcohol or let go of the drugs but the temptation of the flesh is too great. 

Well today we want to focus on a more general area of temptation. In the world today, the ‘...evil one…’ is making his attempt at tempting us to hate each other and not get along. This day and time, it may be social media, the news, or aggressive conversation, that work our disagreements to become the root of the eventual demise of our relationships. 

Causing us to feel the hate that can result in our differences. The difference in our way of thinking, the way we live, the way we look, and our ideas. This is not what God wants. The chaos of today is clouding the command of Christ when He said in John 15:12, "This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.”

There is no question that we are forgetting about God. Or at the very least He is not a priority in our lives. When we omit God in our lives, we allow the ‘evil one’ to take over. And when he does, he causes us to hate and react negatively to those he can easily influence to agitate the anger and stress we give into on a daily basis.

But when we keep God first, (as we should), we allow God to take over. He will allow us His peace. It is this peace that will allow our hearts to know He is bigger than the biggest obstacle in our lives. We also know how much He loves us and in that love, we can love others in the same way. 

This cannot be done without God being priority in our lives. It is in our relationship with God that we learn our differences were created in us by Him so that we can all be strong together for the kingdom of heaven. Remember, God’s got it. He ‘is’ in control. Always has been and always will be.

May God continue to belss you with His peace as you journey in Jesus name.

Amen

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