“To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.” -- A.W. Tozer
God grant us to be the kind of men who get into the right kind of trouble with plates dished up with plenty of the right kind of wrong.
Acts 5:29
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
To be in trouble with men is sometimes required in order to be in favor with God.
2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
The ungodly will always take offense to the godly, even attempting to bully the godly into being less so by their reminders of how unloving it is to make the ungodly feel so badly about their ungodliness.
Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
They don't make up stories about what you said if you're not saying anything and they don't target your words to twist unless they suspect your words, if heard rightly, may shake things up for them.
No comments:
Post a Comment