"Keep Choosing God's Camp" ~ Authored by Charles L. Robinson Jr.
- Charles L Robinson Jr.
- 5 minutes ago
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My ECP Family (and whoever else finds this message), I want to share something briefly with you for various purposes (depending on your particular status) such as: 1) Instruction (this message providing you new knowledge), 2) Remembrance (this message bringing to your memory existing knowledge you already possess), or 3) Self-Evaluation (this message allowing you to weigh in on your current personal applied disposition towards this message.)
It is ok to grieve activities (deeds or speech) that opposes God. Actually, for the believer, grieving activities in opposition towards God should be a norm. This is not promoting for you to desire or prefer this disposition of grief and it is definitely not advocating consumption, distraction, condemnation, or discontinuation of love when rightfully possessing this grieving disposition. Understand, grieving things that oppose God is an indicator of being spiritually alive (and not spiritually dead) possessing intrinsic care for God and people's relationship with God. Heck, Jesus even wept; the blessed even mourn; and the righteous even anger but anger not to sin. Why? Intrinsic care.
So, whatever you do, do not beat yourself up (and do not allow anyone else to beat you up) when you grieve activities in opposition to God. If God's camp says "to grieve" then his opposer's camp says "do not grieve". Keep choosing God's camp! (Hint: If your self-evaluation concludes that you are not sensitive to things that oppose God, do not beat yourself up (and do not allow anyone to else beat you up), but I encourage you to ask yourself the following question and hope you discover your personal answer: Why are you not internally sensitive to activities that oppose God?) If you are grieving, just make sure you properly manage your grief for your proper self-welfare and proper treatment towards others.
You and your family have a wonderful rest of your week and I look forward to talking to you again soon. God Speed!
"Let love be without dissimulation. ABHOR THAT WHICH IS EVIL; cleave to that which is good" Romans 12:9