We people who live in the Western society are very blessed. We are allowed to freely express our thoughts and opinions as we please. But what has become interesting is that many of us don't. We confine ourselves to being what other people tell us we should be like, and thus are controlled and limited in that way.
This is an interesting thought as I've realized that this is true for me. I care a lot about what people think about me, about my relationship with them, and because of this, I sometimes compromise what I feel and what I do just to make things seem right. But the ironic thing is that it doesn't even always turn out. I may compromise my own beliefs and still not get the "results" I wanted with the people I compromised my actions/thoughts for.
My hope is that I can learn from this verse, 2 Peter 1:3, which says;
This is an interesting thought as I've realized that this is true for me. I care a lot about what people think about me, about my relationship with them, and because of this, I sometimes compromise what I feel and what I do just to make things seem right. But the ironic thing is that it doesn't even always turn out. I may compromise my own beliefs and still not get the "results" I wanted with the people I compromised my actions/thoughts for.
My hope is that I can learn from this verse, 2 Peter 1:3, which says;
" His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through
our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness"
To actively live out the fact that God has given me everything I need for a godly life, to live in such a way that I do not conform to the expectations of others, to please them. But instead, I should only live and go by what would please God.
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