Here’s a good one when in doubt: Always\/Never.<\/p>\n
Always owe love; never pay back evil.<\/p>\n
Romans 13:8 \u00b6 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled {the} law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This text gripped me during my junior year in Bible college. I had never heard it referred to except someone saying something about our finances, which is a faulty interpretation based on a feeble observation. This verse is smack dab in the middle of a discussion of our debt to society. How should we then live?<\/p>\n
Do you want a truth that will energize your spiritual life as possibly nothing else? Then live this truth: Owe nothing but love. In your day-to-day, everyday, mundane, people-connected real world, live these words.<\/p>\n
And you will see your world differently. God will bring you behind the curtain, Dorothy, and show you who is really pulling the levers.<\/p>\n
You will have an understanding of people and of God that you never knew possible. . .<\/p>\n
Because you will begin a process of seeing the people around you and the world you live in and the God you trust less and less through the “lens of you.”<\/p>\n
You will become less egocentric and more Christ-centric.<\/p>\n
How many people have I seen through the “me lens” who offended me, and then I quickly changed to the “always owe love” lens and then saw someone who was not a competitor but someone who needed a God person in his or her life.<\/p>\n
And, yippee, God plopped me right in her path.<\/p>\n
“Always owe” can change the complexion of a relationship in a moment as God presents himself to your humbled spirit.<\/p>\n
The flip side of “always owe” is never “pay back.”<\/p>\n
Romans 12:17 Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Feel slighted, rejected, hurt feelings, attacked, insulted.<\/p>\n
Perfect opportunity for God to give you new insight into how he views people and how he does things.<\/p>\n
Never pay back the evil. Never return the insult or the harsh word. Never manipulate people to harm someone.<\/p>\n
I don’t know if you are listening or believing, but you will grow in Christ as never before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here’s a good one when in doubt: Always\/Never. Always owe love; never pay back evil. Romans 13:8 \u00b6 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled {the} law. This text gripped … Continue reading