Be a Peacemaker Friday, 31 October 2014 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9 NIV Jesus spent much of His ministry tearing down barriers and building bridges. He did it through acts of love such as washing the feet of those who would fail and betray Him, eating with a tax collector everybody in town despised, and giving hope to a fallen woman that society condemned. The Bible says, Peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness (James 3:18 NLT). Words of peace are like seeds. They dont produce fruit overnight, but slowly and silently they work their way to the surface, changing hearts, minds, attitudes, and futures. Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, the noted physicist who masterminded the first atomic bomb, was asked by a congressional committee if there was any defense against it. Addressing a hushed audience he replied, Yes-peace! Now, if peace can defuse an atomic bomb, think what it can do in the lives of the people you come in contact with! Jesus said, Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God. Every day youll meet frightened, despairing, lonely, angry people who need a word of peace. Do you have one? Solomon offers us three ways to calm strife, defuse a tense situation, and get a better result: (1) Patience. A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel (Proverbs 15:18 NIV). (2) Self-control. Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city (Proverbs 16:32 NIV). (3) Wisdom. A mans wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense (Proverbs 19:11 NIV). Deut 18:9-18, Dan 2 , Is 47:5?15, Acts 16:16-34 This publication is brought to you by UCB Canada. The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2012
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