Offences Come, So Make the Most of Them
Ps. 119:165 NASB “Those who love your law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble.”
Ps. 119:165 KJV “Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”
Satan tempts us, then if we fall into that he leads us to justify it. Luke 17:1 says that offences will come. How will we deal with the offences? Are you going to jump on the bandwagon and justify your actions because of the offences?
God uses the offences to come to strengthen our relationship with Him–it’s up to us and how we process them [the offences]. God and Satan use the offences, which one will you choose to follow [which one will you allow to use the offences to their benefit]?
Our life is like a water line. We have joy and peace flowing through us because our life is like a channel for God. But when we take offence it puts a kink in our line that stops that flow. But God can give us grace to not take offence but to use the offence to better that channel.
James 4:6 KJV “But He giveth more grace. Wherefore He saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
When we humble ourselves, He will lift us up. Like King Naaman in 2 Kings, we miss out on God’s blessings when we don’t follow instructions and humble ourselves. When we take offence, it affects other people.
Can we take the same route as Joseph and not be offended at the wrong done to us? Matthew 15:22-28 (the story of a woman of Canaan who begged Jesus to heal her demon-possessed daughter) She could’ve taken offence a lot, but she didn’t and she was blessed. John 9:1-12 (the blind man was healed by humbly allowing Jesus to put mud on his eyes)
Which do you choose–God’s stepping stone or Satan’s stumbling block? Who makes the deciding choice? We do.
God wants to use the offence to humble us so that He can bring us up in His strength in due time. We can overlook an offence with God’s grace.
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