Peace….

Colossians 3:15
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. – Colossians 3:15 (NIV)”

Have you ever thought about being called to peace? According to the apostle Paul, our membership in the church should be marked by peace. This peace is more than an umpire deciding who is right or wrong; peace in the church is an indication that Christ is ruling in our hearts. When we decide to make Jesus the ruler of our life, His lordship will challenge our egos, any envy, dissentions, or gossip to bow the knee before Him. How about you? Are you at peace with your brothers and sisters? If not, obey the call to peace and let Christ rule in your heart.

I thought this was very interesting…
As yes church can be quite the political football… There always seems to be a blame game going around suggesting people in high places or even lower places are doing X when they should be doing Y and with that in mind we have Z as the result.

Let me remind you NO ONE IS PERFECT, we all stuff up. Get over it. And yes sometimes things need to be addressed and action needs to be taken, but if we are at church to see what isn't right, to see how “we see fit” and “how it should be run” are we really at peace within the church.

Speaking of membership – this may imply the authenticity of being a member in writing but also a person who attends the church with the intention to be united as a body – essentially making the church itself.

Yes we are to be challenged,  but firstly to find peace and virtue within ourselves. Not to go out and challenge everyone else's egos, envy, dissentions or gossip. They should be dealing with that themselves. And before we should be challenging others we should be making sure we are in the right first.

We become so raced up in seeing what should be right for everyone else and checking up on them and their lives then our own… we lose all track of peace with our brothers and sisters in Christ. At the end of the day it is all about where we are with the Lord? Where we stand in his name! Is Christ ruling your heart? Or are you ruling it and others too?