”Do
not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to
this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”
(1 Peter 3:9 NIV)
John C. Maxwell says that we humans can be
likened to either thermometers or thermostats. A thermometer gages the
surroundings and reacts on it, while a thermostat reads the circumstances and
sees to it that a difference is made.
Many Christians
are like thermometers in their Christian life. They register and measure the
circumstances in their surroundings. They can often analyze the circumstances
in a congregation quite accurately, whether they are positive or not. But if
their analysis indicates too low a temperature, they don’t raise a finger to
become involved and make changes for the better.
Thermostat people
on the other hand don’t only examine the circumstances; they are involved in
shaping and regulating in order that the circumstances they find themselves in
become what they should be. I believe God wants us to be those kinds of
persons.
Prayer
Lord, help me today to do what I can to turn
that which is wrong, right, to warm up that which is cold and to create a
fellowship where loneliness reigns and to bring Your light to where there is
darkness.
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