Overcomers Get All The Good Stuff! 5

GodThoughtsWired!                    Monday, June 14, 2010

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overcomers get all
the good stuff!
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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.-pastor Brad

I've been studying (and attempting to practice) this concept for a little more than 12 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:

1.  Love. This kind of love, found only in God, "Does not take into account a wrong suffered" (see 1 Corinthians 13:4-7).

2.  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).

3.  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..."