What Are You Causing When You Come Or You God?
Psalm 106:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
3Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who observe justice [treating others fairly] and who do right and are in right standing with God at all times.
I have a love hate relationship with Facebook. I think when it is used to show love, keep in contact or share content that is uplifting, encouraging, enlightening and beneficial it is a good thing. BUT on the other side, I believe often people share just a tad bit too much and use it as a means to throw people under the bus, or cut people down, or have discussions that should be kept private or on a personal level. But I must admit that sometimes I can go to my Facebook page and find something that speaks to me, or God uses as a means to illuminate something that He has already started working on me with or speaking with me about. Today when I went to Facebook one of my friends had added some pictures but, not of himself, they were quotes and sayings, there is one that jumped out at me, it said, “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go,” Oscar Wilde. That is a mouthful. Immediately I heard in my spirit are people happy to see us coming or going?
I have worked for and been associated with or known people that went to painstaking lengths to make people’s lives miserable. When they walked into a room or even a social environment the atmosphere changed, and not for the good. It was in everything they said and did, that cut down people with their words, attempted to degrade and make them feel bad about who they were and what they contributed to the environment. I have seen people that have been around these type of people breathe an actual sigh of relief when they left the room. I have even seen people make every effort to avoid being in the presence of these type of people. I know two people that I am close to that when they enter a room, in most cases the mood in the room is going to lightened and become encouraged. They bring an atmosphere of joy and even healing into the environments that they enter. How do people react when you enter a room or environment? Do the smiles brighten or do they dissipate. Does Drama and upset follow you or do you infuse a calm and happiness that was not present before you got there? It is when we observe the rule of thumb that treating people as we would want to be treated, it is when we have incorporated a system of balanced weights, measures and scales and we love God and have chosen to not just hang out with Him, but follow Him closely that our life becomes a change agent. We have choices, but it is about change in us first. It is not about dominance but about caring for and seeing to better the lives of those in which we encounter. Our society has taught us it is about us, it is about getting ours and doing us, there is nothing wrong with that, but when that is all we become about, it becomes selfishness that will often evolve into manipulation and dominance that can cause misery and pain to others just to obtain what we need.
My mission is to try hard to bring something into every environment in which I enter. To leave people and places better than I first found them. To give of myself in a way that shows forth the love of God and not my need to be on top and center stage. Do we show forth the love of Christ or are we shaming Him with our attitude and actions every time we enter a room or situation. I want to leave you with these thoughts, what if God treated you in the manner in which you treat and leave others, would that be okay with you and would you enjoy what you are receiving? If you knew that there were consequences to how you treated people and how you affected the environments in which you entered, would you still be the same person you are today, doing things the same way treating people the same way and affecting environments in the manner in which you do? Truly some things to ponder, because for every action there truly is a reaction, and for every decision and deed there is a consequence!
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