IMPROVE YOUR PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIP

Dearly Beloved, IMPROVE YOUR PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIP “If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men” (Romans 12:18 NKJV). “See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all” (1 Thessalonians 5:15 NKJV). Why is it that some people find it difficult to live peacefully with others around them? Why is it that there are so many conflicts among people in the world? Can it be that some people are not ready to be cheated, or they just like to be causing or nurturing conflicts? Christians do not have any other option than to shun any form of conflicts and live peacefully with others because they are called to peace (see Proverbs 17:14; Romans 14:13, 19; Ephesians 4:2; Colossians 3:13, 15; Hebrews 12:14; 1 Peter 3:11). We are to exhibit this in our relationship with other people. Even, if those people are not ready to live peacefully with us, we are to make every effort, as far as it depends on us, to cultivate peaceful relationship with those people. We are not to pay wrong for wrong by being hostile to people that are hostile to us. We should rather endeavor to be kind to everyone, including our so-called enemies (see Romans 12:17-21). This will show us as followers of Jesus Christ who is the Prince of Peace. The psalmist described how pleasant it is to live peacefully with other people (see Psalm 133). If the people of the world find it difficult to live relate peacefully with other people, Christians should be at the vanguard of peaceful co-existence. Can people describe you as a man/woman of peace? Can other emulate peaceful co-existence from you? Can your behavior as a man/woman of peace lead other people to Jesus Christ? Your life is the Bible that many people are reading. Have you not been sending people away from coming to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ by your hostile behavior? Improve your peaceful relationship with everyone for the sake of who you are in Christ. Only peaceful people can lead others to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. In His service, Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor). Prayer Point: O God, help me to always live peacefully with others around me.