Live In Peace? Have You LOOKED At The World?

Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. 

Romans 12:18 

 

I've been doing something that is probably not the best idea...I've been reading the news and seeing all the unrest.  To me, it's as if there are people who just want to be angry and destroy stuff.  Well...that's how the news portrays it.

 

Look at today's verse. We are instructed to do everything we can to live in peace with everyone.  How are we supposed to do that?  Let's look at what the Apostle Paul advises in Romans 12:

Verse 2: "Do not copy the behavior and customs of this world, rather let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think."

 

Verse 3: "...Do not think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given you."

 

Verse 7: "If your gift is serving others, serve them well."

 

Verse 8: "If your gift is encouraging others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have the gift of showing kindness to others, do it gladly." 

 

I urge and challenge you to read Romans 12 and see ALL the ways we are to represent Abba by being different from what we see in the world.  Abba didn't urge His Apostle to write these things simply to fill up a letter.  These things were written for US just as much as the church in Rome.