Anyone
Who Claims
To
Know All The Answers
Doesn't
Really Know Very Much
Scripture
1
Corinthians 8
1 Now regarding
your question about food that has been offered to idols. Yes, we know
that “we all have knowledge” about this issue. But while
knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the
church. 2 Anyone who claims to
know all the answers doesn’t really know very much. 3 But
the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes.
Observation
Being
right all the time is not the most important thing … it is love
that strengthens the church! I don't know about you but the older I
get the more I realize how much I don't know.
Even
if you are right, there are times at least if you are smart, that you
don't need to be right. Sometimes your relationship with the person
who you are talking to (like your spouse for instance) is way more
important than being right. Let it go.
The
Apostle Paul's point in chapter 8 of 1 Corinthians is this, “Loving
and not offending a weaker brother is more important than being
right.”
The
argument was over eating meat that had been sacrificed to an idol.
Paul said that he knew that meat was just meat and an idol wasn't
anything, but if his eating that meat offended someone then he would
never eat meat again.
Why
… because the person, even though they were wrong, was way more
important than food! It is love that strengthens the church.
Who
needs to be encouraged and strengthened today? Maybe your spouse?
Application
I
will concentrate on encouraging people and not on always being right.
How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, the Apostle Paul's word to the church at Corinth is a good
word for me today. Help me to focus on the person and not on winning
an argument or always having to be right. Show me who I can encourage
and who I can build up in the faith. Don't let me have a critical
spirit. I pray for those recovering from surgery. Heal them Lord. I
pray for those who are sick and who are dealing with pain. Ease their
pain Lord. You are an awesome God. Nothing is too hard for You.
I
pray for my brother Rick today on his birthday. Bless him Lord. May
Your face shine brightly on him today with Your favor. Encourage him
today on this very special day! Thank You for letting me be both his
brother in Christ and his brother in the flesh!
Daily
Bible Reading: Joshua 15,16,17; 1 Corinthians 8
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