September 1, 2011
Ephesians 4:25
"Therefore putting away lying, 'Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,' for we are members of one another.
"..putting away lying." I am convicted when I read these words, especially when I read the following part of this verse: "speak truth with his neighbor". This doesn't convict me because I am an uncontrollable liar. Not because I am untruthful, or filled with deceit, but because I read into this as meaning to be honest with our brothers and sisters in Christ. To tell them the truth behind my actions, and reveal to them my troubled thoughts. To not keep these thoughts inside, and allow the jealousies and frustrations to flourish. "..for we are members of one another": We are one as a body of Christ. We shouldn't harbor unkempt thoughts toward one another, even if they are caused by one's own character. I am guilty of getting upset about something someone might do, and in order to avoid confrontation I will keep the frustrations inside, and allow them to fester. Sometimes this is good, in order to let me think about what has happened, and determine what truly caused it: their thoughtlessness, or my selfishness. But other times the problem eats at me. It eats at my thoughts, and effects my attitude, my daily life. It puts me in a frustrated stupor where I can't do anything but mope. This isn't something I should allow to happen. I should put away the lies of my mouth and the false acts of my body while my mind thinks opposite thoughts, in a whirlwind of confusion between spirit and mind.
I need to seek God upon what I let get to me. I need to lift it up to Him, seeking discernment as to whether these things should be confronted. To know, when these things happen, to bring them to my fellow sibling in honesty, and love, or, instead, change my heart towards them and get rid of my own selfishness that could be the cause.
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