We learn how to respond in conflict when we are pretty young. Sometimes we learn it on the playgorund when we see that the strongest kid is the one who isn't picked on as much. Other times we learn it from our parents when we see and hear how they respond to other people they are in conflict with. But Jesus is inviting us to practically learn how to deal with conflict from him.
The problem is we get afraid that Jesus is leading us to be a doormat, when really he is asking us to live radically diffrent lives for the sake of the Kingdom.
Hence the tension, do we deal with conflict like everyone else or do we take a leap of faith and follow where Jesus is leading us?
It is really easy, friends, to give our hearts to Jesus. It is a lot harder to ask him and allow him to transform us from the inside out, incluing how we deal with conflict.
What are you willing to allow Jesus to change in you? And how can that change the world?
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