A Pierced Heart
Theme of the Week: Required to Reconnect
Monday, September 22, 2008
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Key Bible Verse: If you … remember that someone has something against you, leave your sacrifice there beside the altar. Go and be reconciled (Matthew 5:23-24). Bonus Reading: 2 Corinthians 6:11-13
Over the next several days, every time I went to prayer, God kept bringing to my mind Job 31:13-14: "If I have been unfair to my … servants, if I have refused to hear their complaints, how could I face God?"
I coud feel God calling me to account. But I kept trying to tell God I have the right to talk to anyone any way I want. I make the law here.
Okay, I could sense God's reply, but if you want to argue technicalities … And he reminded me of Jesus' confrontation with the legalists in Matthew 23:23: "How terrible it will be for you … for you are careful to tithe … but you ignore … justice, mercy, and faith."
Most of all, God used [today's Key Bible Verse] to really pierce my heart. I knew my brother had something against me. I knew his heart was hurting.
So, humbled, I called the sergeant into my room and we sat down together. I asked him to forgive me for being hard of heart and for yelling. As we prayed, all the barriers vanished. My shoulders felt 50 pounds lighter!
Upon leaving, he smiled and said, "I knew you'd do the right thing."
—Chris Plekenpol in Faith in the Fog of War
My Response: Who needs to hear me say "I'm sorry"?
Adapted from Faith in the Fog of War (Multnomah, 2006) by permission.
Copyright © 2008 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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I need Your courage, Lord, to bypass my pride, engage the one with whom I'm on the outs, probe for the root of our misunderstanding, and experience healing.
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