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Pursuing Peace and Mutual Upbuilding
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Do you want to make this world a better place? I hope your answer to that question is yes, my friend. Well, today we read one of the ways in which we can make the world better. Romans chapter 14, verse 19. So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
Paul the Apostle says to us, this is one of our aims. We can go after this. We can do things that create peace. We’re not merely keeping peace. We are creating it.
And we are also doing things that are building people up. So we’re seeking the betterment of everyone in the world and in particular, those who we directly affect and influence – our neighbours, our family, our communities.
As we’re meditating on this verse, we should ask ourselves, well, what does this mean for me? What is it that I should be doing? What changes should I make that aim at peace and for the upbuilding of those around me?
It can be something as simple as determining that wherever you go you will smile whether you feel happy or not. Knowing that a smile can brighten someone else’s day. This is not being unreasonable or unrealistic. This is not being false. This is showing care for those around us.
If we have decisions that we’re involved in, we can aim at the decisions that bring peace, that result in people growing and developing. This will have a different expression for all of us in the different spheres of our influence.
So it’s perhaps something that we need to spend time thinking about and praying about, and maybe even writing down on paper. What is it that I can do today in the day that follows, in the weeks that follow to aim at peace and building others up?
I am certain that if we pray this prayer, honestly the Holy Spirit will guide us towards peace and mutual upbuilding. And so I say again, my friends, let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding. That is guidance straight from the word of God.
