A Self-righteous trap
By Eric William
King (May 29th 2024)
One trap that the Devil tries to place as a "standard" when it
comes to us personally dealing with friends, family, and other people is the
idea that others must conform to our reality of goodness and "self-righteousness".
Be careful dear Christian. This is a trap which involves hatred and anger.
As Christians we have begun to realize our own problems and shortcomings.
We have taken a personal inventory and continue to take personal inventory every
day. We have learned to remain in prayer with our Heavenly Father. Sometimes we
may approach God with some un-comfortability. This is okay - we must be
honest. We cannot hide anything from Divine Intelligence.
Instead of letting our emotional body consume us, we need to love the whole
person. We sometimes think that; "I could really love this person more if
they met my standards on such and such." This is wrong thinking. We must
learn to love the whole person in and through Jesus Christ our Lord.
It is hard to accept the moral defects of others sometimes. One thing that
may help you with this is to remember how you used to be and act in areas of
your own life before you became a Born Again Christian – remember, God is
still working with us also.
The true Christian understands the fallen-nature of Humanity and the fact
that we are all living in the Fallen Matrix. We must never expect
perfection down here – in the Fallen Matrix. What we can expect from God is
undeserved kindness, mercy, forgiveness and love. God knows how to judge
properly, we do not. This is why we must be guided by His word every day. Our
wisdom must be divinely inspired.
Remember, Jesus instructs us; “But I say to
you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate
you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” [Matthew
5:44]
The goal of all our Christian choices should be disinterested
benevolence. “Disinterested” simply means that our acts come from a
self-less, non-selfish base. “Benevolence” is the act of us caring about others
and assisting them when and how we can – the practice of undeserved kindness.
To sum up our Christian duty is to practice disinterested
benevolence.
My prayer for you today is that you experience God’s undeserved kindness in
your own life.
By Eric William King (May 29th 2024)
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