The Overcomers Get All the Good Stuff! Part 4

The Overcomers Get All the Good Stuff! Part 4 Brad Reiches May 21 2008 11:48PM Thursday, May 22, 2008          GodThoughtsWired!   "The Overcomers Get All The Good Stuff!" PART 4:  OVERCOMING...OTHER PEOPLE "To him who overcomes..." Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21 The fourth (no particular order) of the five key areas in which we must {attain the knowledge, develop the skills, and cultivate the will} to overcome is: -Other People. "'They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you', declares the Lord." Jeremiah 1:19 Relative to the others, this is by far and away the greatest challenge (in my opinion).  The following is what I call "The Grand Test:" Let the positives in others point you toward God, Without allowing the negatives to pull you away from Him. I've been studying (and attempting to practice) this concept for a little more than ten years now and I've identified three components.  Three keys to becoming an overcomer in the area of other people.  "The Grand Test" requires three attributes: Love.  This kind of love, found only in God, "Does not take into account a wrong suffered" (see 1 Corinthians 13:4-7). Humility.  "For this finds favor (with God), if for the sake of conscience toward God a man bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly..." (1 Peter 2:19-20). Submission.  "While being reviled, He did not revile in return, but kept entrusting Himself to the One who judges justly" (2 Peter 2:23). Yes, I call it "The Grand Test," and we are given this test virtually every day...sometimes many times a day.  Love, humility, submission.  The highest of the "high roads." But "To him who overcomes..."