Mark 8:11-13
Goes with what we were talking about last night, especially when people in our live are continuing to pour negative things at us, from The Word Among Us:
"Surrounded by unrelenting Pharisees who were trying to test him, Jesus would have been justified in losing his temper. But Jesus never returned their hostility with venom of his own. When his tormentors asked him for yet another sign, Jesus 'sighed from the depths of his spirit'. Although clearly frustrated by their persistent unbelief, he didn't retaliate. He simply gave them his message and quietly moved on.
We can do more than just try to imitate Jesus, or worse just give up. Jesus' own divine strength can become our strength. We can ask him to bear our aggravation and frustrations. When we embrace godly self-control in our moments of anger, it's a sign that his Spirit is at work in us."
"Surrounded by unrelenting Pharisees who were trying to test him, Jesus would have been justified in losing his temper. But Jesus never returned their hostility with venom of his own. When his tormentors asked him for yet another sign, Jesus 'sighed from the depths of his spirit'. Although clearly frustrated by their persistent unbelief, he didn't retaliate. He simply gave them his message and quietly moved on.
We can do more than just try to imitate Jesus, or worse just give up. Jesus' own divine strength can become our strength. We can ask him to bear our aggravation and frustrations. When we embrace godly self-control in our moments of anger, it's a sign that his Spirit is at work in us."
posted by Professor X at
11:17 AM
1 Comments:
Thanks for your post, Phil. I miss seeing everyone at Connections. However, I hope to keep in touch with many of you in other ways.
My thought about this is that we not only need to imitate Christ, we need to take on the image of Christ. We need to live as Christ would have us live. This is a constant struggle for me, for I feel I can never live up to that. But, that is exactly the point. While I am not worthy of living up to Christ's image, I know that Jesus will continue in me and through me to keep me going.
God bless you all.
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musichic, at 5:04 PM
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