Argument
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
I participated in two discussions this week where the individuals on the other side of the discussion wanted to argue. How could you tell do you ask? Well both groups of people had a look on their face, you know the look. They both had a body posture that was confrontational. And they both had steam coming out of their ears, well maybe that last part wasn't right, but they looked like they could have had steam coming out of their ears. I took the stance of listening and diffusing the individuals hope of arguing by remembering who I am and who was with me. I didn't let the world take hold of me, which was very important in both of these situations. How often do we let the world take hold of us, instead of being obedient to Christ and diffusing these situations. Take a stand of not waging war with people, but by diffusing arguments through the love of Christ.
Have a great weekend.
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