[pull_quote_center]Matthew 5.23-24 “Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”[/pull_quote_center]
I’ve done that before; I had a big argument with my roommate just before fellowship; we were members of the same fellowship. I didn’t feel good all through the service, so when it was offering time, I remembered this scripture, walked up to him and apologized. Then I gave my offering. Ever since then, I do my best to avoid whatever will affect my mood, especially on a Sunday; don’t want anything disrupting my time with God. Smiles.
What’s trending now is people saying that they only care about what God thinks about them. Do you really want to know what God thinks about you? He thinks you should be concerned about your relationships with other people and what they think about you! John said, how can you claim to love God that you do not see when you hate the people who you see. In the same way, how can you be claim to be more interested in the opinion of God that you do not see, and ignore the opinions of people in your life?
Pride kills the best relationships. I’d love to see bosses apologizing to their subordinates for how badly they’ve treated them; I’d love to see exes apologizing to one another; I’d love to see friends reconcile; I’d love to see people make calls to their aggrieved customers; I’d love to see children apologize to their parents, parents apologizing to their children, husbands and wives apologizing to one another; I’d also love to see members of church and pastors who left church angrily and wrongly go back and apologize to those they may have offended. Notice that Jesus talked about the people who have something against you: it’s therefore not about who offended who, but about making peace and reconciliation. Cheers.
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