Correct in Humility
“A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will” (2 Timothy 2:24-26).
It is easy for Believers to see the world and how bad it has become. Probably all of us know people who are not walking with God and, therefore, helping to make the world a bad place. Yet how do we respond to those people?
It seems most people either accept sinners or totally reject them. I rarely see someone who knows how to love a sinner and yet make it clear that he or she does not condone the sin. Those who do confront sin do not come across as loving but, often, the person who is being confronted feels disgust and disdain from the person they are talking to.
The fact is Jesus died for those sinners just as He died for you and me. He did not save us because we are better than anyone else. He saved us because He is a loving and merciful God, and He desires us to show love and mercy in return. Love does not overlook sin but rather points it out in graciousness and humility, realizing that there but by the grace of God go I.
I pray for God’s help in being humble, patient, and gentle, so that more people will see Christ in me and come to find life with Him as well.
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