If you have spent anytime scrolling memes or videos online there’s this one that shows a 3 year old toddler trying to buckle herself in her car seat and the parent is trying to help her.
She is bent on doing the task herself and tells the adult to “worry ’bout yerself..” the parent says ” let me help you..” she then repeats the words ..”no..you worry ’bout yerself” in her little lisped voice.
This is a great depiction of how human kind struggles with allowing the Creator to help them, but that’s not the point I want to share today. I was thinking about how 2 Peter 3:18 applies to this scenario.
There are those with good intentions who try to “help” others on their walk with the Lord and it comes across as coercion, meaning pushy. The word expresses that we need to be on our guard against becoming independent from God, but instead staying grounded and purposed in learning from Him.
God’s love is not forced. We are not the Holy Spirit, we should never try to take the place of Him either.
Because God’s salvation in Christ is a free gift to us, we also should share it in the same way.
Jesus the son of God was taught by the Father to love and give compassion toward all humanity freely.
He was set apart to do the will of God in perfect harmony with all of God’s love as the leading force. {Read that again.}
It was His love through Jesus that drove Jesus to labor in all righteousness. Jesus never told someone they needed healing or they needed forgiveness. He offered it freely.
God’s love should compel us in the same way.
He felt the burden of leading souls in love.
To share God – means to be helpful not pushy. To be a conduit for service to others but only so they will see love in action.
God never gives up on us therefore we should never give up on human kind.
Being thoughtful and loving in ways that are helpful.
Forced ideas of bible truth on someone goes against Gods character. God didn’t force Adam and Eve to stay away from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He also didn’t force people into the ark to be saved fro the flood in Genius.
We need to remember our approach should meet His.
It’s more important that we “worry’ bout ” growing in knowledge of His Word, which will teach us how to speak love in the truth of the Gospel. Remember you have your own eye to be concerned with. Luke 6:42
Our mission should be to stay in the Word of God so that He will lead us in all knowledge to help others graciously. Eph 4:15
In Christ love, amen
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