- How To Escape The Trap of Offenses One of the cheapest ways out of offenses is thankfulness. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says,“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” God’s will for you is to always give thanks, despite what is happening, what has happened or not happened in your life. When you find yourself in a situation that you can’t explain and you don’t know what next to do, give thanks to God. Make thanksgiving your lifestyle because that is one thing you can’t do wrongly. I have gone through many situations in life but I have never been moved to ask God, “Why?” That question is too big for my mouth. I would rather give Him thanks and allow the situation to explain itself later. God does not owe me any explanations for whatever happens in my life, rather I owe Him all the thanks for the numerous privileges He has given me. So, thanksgiving makes you immune to frustrations; you are just happy and satisfied with God at all times. Secondly you must avoid comparisons. Don’t compare your life with others because everybody is on a separate track, God takes us through different routes to get us to our glorious destinies. There are many people who take steps or do things in life just because someone else is doing it. That is not the way to live! If you are always comparing yourself with others and using other people’s lives as the yardstick for your own progress, you will constantly be under pressure. And when you can’t catch up with them, you will become offended and may even break down under the weight of the stain. You don’t need all of that! Can you imagine somebody labouring day and night to buy a car, not necessarily because he needs but because his friends and neighbors are riding cars? Please avoid such pressures, don’t die before your time! Stop the game of comparison! Thirdly, learn to rejoice with the joyful. When you see somebody making progress in life, rejoice with him, go and congratulate him. Anybody you can’t congratulate, there is every likelihood that you will backbite him. So to avoid envy, openly congratulate your neighbor for whatever he is celebrating. His success is not the reason you are not making it. The fact that another person is blessed is not the reason you are not blessed, your own package is waiting for you but it may never reach your hand until you begin to rejoice with others who are rejoicing. And fourthly, cultivate the attitude of contentment. Be content with what you have per time. One thing that will never end in life is wants; as long as you are alive you will always want something. “I want this, I want that.” But have you noticed that there are some things you wanted so badly but immediately you got them, the passion for that thing died and you begin to want something else. That is human nature. I often tell people that the wants and cravings of life are not always to be satisfied but to be controlled. And that is where the issue of contentment comes in. Contentment is the control valve for wants. If you lack contentment you cannot escape being offended either in people or in God. So, be contented. Whatever you have now is okay for now. What you don’t have now is not needed for now! When it is needed it will come. Meditate on these: 2 Cor. 10:12, 1 Tim 6:6
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 09:59:48 +0000
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