GE 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching
at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
If we could only remember this principle in our relationships with God and man we could save ourselves and others
so much pain. You see, if we constantly have problems keeping and maintaining relationships, it is usually because we are
bringing people more bad than good in that relationship, so they eventually just reject us. It seems easy to just think that
the problem is always everyone else, but if we keep burning bridges and losing relationships usually the real common denominator
to that relationship breakdown is us, and rarely them.
LK 6:37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and
you will be forgiven.
This is a hard truth to have to face, but think about all the people we lose because we are too critical, condemning,
controlling, or we keep selfishly using and wronging them. Would you want to be friends with yourself if you were cloned?
The raw truth is, if we do not accept ourselves, and if we are too hard and demanding with ourselves, we will typically in
turn treat other people the same way, and eventually we drive them off. We leave a long line of broken relationships and hurt
feelings, and then pine and long for those who have run away from us.
EPH 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is,
Christ.
Bringing good to peoples lives may mean at times speaking the truth to them in love, but we must make sure that
it is God telling us to do that, and not just us trying to control that relationship. Even God speaks truth to us, but He
does it at the right times, and in the right ways, where even that turns out for our good. It is important though that we
never sacrifice truth just to keep from offending someone, or losing their friendship. Truth and love must be the main foundation
for all of our relationships, because that is how we all grow up in God.
1CO 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that
can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Many of us as prophetic people think that we have to tell everyone everything that comes into our mind and spirit
(which may, or may not be from God), and which is also mixed with anything left unhealed in our souls. So we can easily come
off as being overbearing, critical, or just plain rude, and then be rejected by those we "prophesy" to. Love, and not a critical
need for perfection must be the foundation for everything that we minister. Plus we must ask the Holy Spirit what to share,
and what to keep to ourselves to help protect peoples feelings.
EPH 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep
the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
We are about to enter into the greatest revival in human history, and whatever we have not dealt with in our wilderness
time will follow us. So even if we have not mastered some of our personality problems, we must be aware of them and be quick
to take responsibility and to apologize when we do the wrong thing. In time the right behavior and responses will develop
in us and bring change. If we learn to consistently do good in our relationships with God and man, we can then end the chain
of rejections and build many good and lasting relationships.
MT 7:12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
