Philippians 2:14-15
14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
Anyone else read Philippians 2:14 and go OUCH! You are not alone. “Do EVERYTHING without GRUMBLING and ARGUING” (v 14). Not so easy to go through the day without grumbling or arguing about something or someone. Does this mean we never stand up for ourselves? We just become doormats? No, God did not expect that either, but He did expect us to do EVERYTHING in a respectful way and to be part of the solution and not the problem.
Yesterday I talked about the importance of what you do next. These verses tie right into that thought as well. When something is wrong you have a couple of choices. One, you can grumble and argue about it. Two you can find a solution and implement it as far as you are capable. Being a part of the gossip train or getting into a screaming match isn’t going to do you any good. It certainly isn’t going to set you apart from the world. They will probably look at you and scream, “Hypocrite!”
I am not going to sit from my ivory tower and pretend this is easy. No way! As a matter of fact, that lie, cheat, and steal are a walk in the park compared to this one. However, you have no excuse to not try and when you screw up you know what to do. You stand up and be the Christian God knows you can be and apologize. That is how you shine.
Lord, I am not perfect and this is hard, but I want to keep trying to shine! ~amen
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