"Shine Jesus, Shine"
Here in this section of Philippians I believe that we get a view of the Philippian church which shows us that there must be some type of conflict going on in the Church. I know what you are thinking, "how could there be any conflict going on in the church?" Here is the deal, people in church fight. Sometimes I believe that people in church fight more than people outside of the church. Philippians 2:14-15 (NLT)-"Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shinning like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people." Here Paul is contrasting the lives of those who believe in Christ and those who do not have faith in Christ. Paul says that people of the world find fault and complain, but those who are in Christ spend their time rejoicing. Wow, what a word of wisdom for the church today. Why do we spend so much time going to meetings and fighting over stuff that in eternity does not really amount to a whole lot. I believe that one of the key reasons that many times we find conflict in church due to a lack of prayer. God has been continuously convicting me lately that it is very hard to have a heart, mind, and soul that longs after God if we don't really spend some quality time with God.
Think about your work place what if before some huge business decision or some important meeting, everyone got together and spend some real time with each other in prayer. What if before some huge conflict between two students in school a bunch of students got together and humbled their hearts in prayer. What if before a huge church board meeting the leaders got together, put their ego's aside and prayed. I believe that if this happen in every aspect of our lives we could live out verse 15 and spend a lot more time rejoicing and a lot less time finding fault and complaining.
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