Reflections

I was thinking about how we reflect other people and how it comes so naturally to us. We drive down the road and I want to switch lanes. The person speeds up and doesn't allow me to get into that lane, I have a choice to either get mad or to love them even though they did that. Oh you are so right, I get mad and we pull up to the next light and I cut them off as quick as I can. I drive into work and that person is someone I work with, what kind of influence was I? Here I talk a good talk, but I reflected there selfish attitude, I wanted to be in control, I wanted it my way and so on.

The choice for the above scenario was mine, yes I can say if they didn't cut me off, it was because of them, but the truth of the matter was it was my choice to follow in there attitude. I can see how this is a crossed the board, someone at works gives me attitude and what is my reaction. See I can react like they do or I can take the higher ground and reflect the love of Jesus in my reactions.

We are responsible not for there reaction when we reflect the love of Jesus. I took it on myself for a while and thought if I would do this differently they will react differently, but when someone approaches me and gives me attitude, that is not my issue, but when it becomes my issue is how I respond. Jesus calls us to love and reflecting the love of God we can do that. There reaction isn't about me until I make it about reflecting there attitude back. When I reflect the love of Jesus, there reaction is just that, there own. When we react to them, we only create issues and we do not do anything other then create a problem. How can we reflect God's love if we are reacting to them. Isn't it time to react the way God calls us to? I have done it the wrong way and now it is time to do it the right way, God's way.

God calls us to love even the most unlovable, it is our choice to do that. Somethings do not always come easy, especially when we try and do them in our own strength. Take the sun and the moon for example. The moon is a huge star, or something and without the sun it is void, not much to the moon. But when you add the sun, it becomes a beautiful light in the sky in the darkness. The Son of man came to the world to die and rise again. He has brought us hope, peace, joy, patience and more, without Him we are like the moon, void and without meaning, but with Him we are a bright shining star. It isn't our light we shine, we shine the Light of Jesus through us.

Today don't reflect others, reflect the love of God and see the difference God can make. Let the attitudes be there own and your attitude be what God calls you to.