At the moment when you are angry, you are a fool. Do not act while wisdom is hidden and foolishness drives you. Anger has actually been referred to as temporary madness. You do not make major decisions or serious decisions when wisdom is on leave and madness/anger reigns supreme. When you are angry you can explain it by saying that you are mad. A mad person does not make good decisions. Always act after anger and not during anger!
Check on your colleagues, family members, and fellow workers. Check on your relatives and friends. Talk to them. Find out the source of their sadness. Some sadness is normal and nonthreatening. Other sadness can be depressing and even life-threatening. This sadness can be dangerous!
Such people are everywhere. They are in secular and even religious settings. They are among the rich and among the poor. They are among the clergy and among the laity. They are everywhere in every country and region. Learn to excel amidst their low-life hatred. If this is what disturbs them, they can’t be helped!
The more you succeed the angrier they become. Don’t stop succeeding. Even if you relocate, such people exist everywhere. Shine where you are. Increased hate for no reason at all is a sign of excellence in what you are doing. If this is what disturbs them, they can’t be helped!
When others do write their story and they come across your name, what note will they add to it? What note will your children, spouse, and domestic workers add to your name if they were to come across it? Would it be a note of bitterness, joy, gratefulness, or warning people to never fall for people like you? What note will your closest relatives and friends add to your name?
As you started your studies, your employment, your business, and even your leadership, you asked for prayers and promises from God were read. The promises were and are true, but don’t take them for granted. Remain faithful and focused or else God can change His mind and refuse to fulfill the promise He made. Don’t take the promise for granted!
There are times which our response must show total resolve. Half-hearted responses to problems do not solve problems, instead, they enhance problems. Eli’s response was not sufficient. He rebuked his sons but that wasn’t enough, God expected more. He rebuked his sons but he feared them or pampered them and didn’t want to offend them. That wasn’t love, it was foolishness and they died for it.
Thank you, God, for your message. Save us from addiction to phones, laptops, tablets, ipads, and other gadgets. Help us to put them away when physically interacting. Remind us and help us to allocate more time to face-to-face interactions. Where we are completely stranded, step in and save us from the negative effects of such situations where we rely too much on the media. Grant us the complete joy of interaction, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
How are your claim and your walk at your workplace? How are your claim and your walk in your relationships? Do you claim abstinence and practice fornication and adultery? Do you claim the love of wife and submission to husband then practice hostility? How are your claim and your walk in your neighborhood? How are your claim and walk when you are offended?
Since these things happen daily, how you handle them will define your habits, character, and who you are. Since they happen daily they will shape how people perceive you and understand you. Since they happen daily, this is what your reputation is made of. By these three you will be loved or hated or avoided. Three daily occurrences to handle in three different ways!