Being merciful

[jsimms615]

Luke 6:36-38 NASV says, "Be merciful, just as yor Father is merciful. And do not judge and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned. Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over,they will pour into your lap, For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."

Jesus seems to me to be drawing a strong correlation here. If you have received mercy, then your expected to show mercy. When you show mercy, then you get it in return. Yet, Jesus takes it further and says that we are to be kind and loving, forgiving and merciful to those who are the opposite to us. It goes against my desire to get even, to lash out, to assert my rights, to defend myself to turn the other cheek. But, then Jesus says, by "Your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." Then, I think about what is my true standard of measure. And would I want that measured back to me in return. What would I want measured back to me? Do I really treat other people that way?
The movers showed up 6 hours late yesterday and about the time my back was ready to give out. Today I am finding boxes all over the house in the wrong rooms. I am angry at them for working so late and making this move so tough. I got on the phone yesterday with the moving company and it took all I had not to yell at them. How would I want to display these verses in this situation? Seems to me when our good intentions hit real life that it is very hard to keep this command. It goes against our human nature.

 

[Laloni]

Remembering that our fight is not against flesh and blood but with the principalities of the air we fight having the full armour of God intact (very paraphsed)

The workers may have done their job to the best of their ability but fatigue may have been the outlet for the release of the flesh that dwells in all of us.

Watch and prayer, it's a constant vigilence.

 

[jsimms615]

Remembering that our fight is not against flesh and blood but with the principalities of the air we fight having the full armour of God intact (very paraphsed)

The workers may have done their job to the best of their ability but fatigue may have been the outlet for the release of the flesh that dwells in all of us.

Watch and prayer, it's a constant vigilence.

I find that when fatigue sets in physically I am more likely to give in to the flesh. The one mover was "hinting" about a tip at 1 am and I was thinking your tip is "don't show up 6 hours late", but I didn't say anything. Didn't tip him though either.

 

[ladyt28]

Fatigue is one of my greatest enemies when it comes to living God's word. Being kind and forgiving takes a lot of energy at times...but it's what we are expected to do and when we don't, it usually backfires badly. Pray to the Holy Spirit for spiritual and physical strength - ask for the pain to be taken from your back, pace yourself and know that it will all get done in good enough time. In the midst of this, I want to ask - do you like your new home?

 

[jsimms615]

Fatigue is one of my greatest enemies when it comes to living God's word. Being kind and forgiving takes a lot of energy at times...but it's what we are expected to do and when we don't, it usually backfires badly. Pray to the Holy Spirit for spiritual and physical strength - ask for the pain to be taken from your back, pace yourself and know that it will all get done in good enough time. In the midst of this, I want to ask - do you like your new home?

It doesn't feel like home at all. It feels like I am living in someone else's house. Hopefully, in time that will change.