To serve God realistically, we must learn to work with people.
It’s easy to be idealistic about serving God until you meet the actual people that you have to work with! Suddenly you realize the truth that Linus shouted, “I love mankind; its people I can’t stand!” Nehemiah was sensitive to people and he responded with tact. But when needed, he confronted with uncompromising strength.
See when we have compassion it is a springboard to obeying God. Then we learn to cooperate with God--we begin to have confidence in God which comes from our cooperating with Him, praying to Him and speaking to Him, listening to Him communicate with us and we develop courage which develops from refusing to compromise and having a conviction that you know that you know God is going to see you through. He will answer that prayer, take care of that Boss, and watch over those children, all while you are dealing with people.
When you work with people you have to trust God. Fear will fight us but our faith must be greater than our fear. When you trust there is no fear! In the bestselling book called, “Who Moved My Cheese,” the author asks a very penetrating question, “What would you do if you weren’t afraid.” He points out that fear often keeps us from taking the steps we know we need to take. Fear can paralyze us.
Fortunately, Nehemiah’s faith was greater than his fear. How about you? Who do you put your trust in? To trust someone you must really know them and to know them you must spend time with them. Today spend some time with Jesus. Get to know Him a little bit better and you will see your trust level rise.
It’s easy to be idealistic about serving God until you meet the actual people that you have to work with! Suddenly you realize the truth that Linus shouted, “I love mankind; its people I can’t stand!” Nehemiah was sensitive to people and he responded with tact. But when needed, he confronted with uncompromising strength.
See when we have compassion it is a springboard to obeying God. Then we learn to cooperate with God--we begin to have confidence in God which comes from our cooperating with Him, praying to Him and speaking to Him, listening to Him communicate with us and we develop courage which develops from refusing to compromise and having a conviction that you know that you know God is going to see you through. He will answer that prayer, take care of that Boss, and watch over those children, all while you are dealing with people.
When you work with people you have to trust God. Fear will fight us but our faith must be greater than our fear. When you trust there is no fear! In the bestselling book called, “Who Moved My Cheese,” the author asks a very penetrating question, “What would you do if you weren’t afraid.” He points out that fear often keeps us from taking the steps we know we need to take. Fear can paralyze us.
Fortunately, Nehemiah’s faith was greater than his fear. How about you? Who do you put your trust in? To trust someone you must really know them and to know them you must spend time with them. Today spend some time with Jesus. Get to know Him a little bit better and you will see your trust level rise.
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