My beloved, I know you encounter difficult people. They make you feel drained, hurt and sad. While it’s easy to take offence and respond adversely, you know that is not the Kingdom way.
Precious one, My heart is for you to go higher.
I am calling you to show love, kindness and patience to the hard because they need it the most. Showing them love will open their hearts to receive My love so I can do a work in them. Closing your heart inspires contempt, giving space to the enemy so he can hurt them more. It takes nothing to love easy people, but I have set you apart to love the hard. If not you, then who? When you recognize the truth that they are acting out of wounds, your heart softens, unlocking compassion. And, when you acknowledge you have hurt people too, you are humbled to forgive and take the high road.
My child, do not fall into the trap of offence. Remember, this is not a battle against flesh and blood, but against evil. See their worth through My eyes, and focus on your assignment with them.
My heart is for them to experience My love, see the truth, repent, and be set free. You expand the Kingdom with love. Love the difficult people in your life. Do good to them, bless them, and pray that they find healing and freedom. You were once in their shoes, but thankfully you found Me. I want them to find Me, too.
Activation: Take an account of the difficult people in your life. Choose to repent for holding onto any hurt and unforgiveness towards them. Lay it at Jesus’s feet, and allow Him to mend your wounds once and for all. Root your self-worth in God. Declare your healing, and armour up. Anticipate seeing them. Set appropriate boundaries, but make a choice now to show love, kindness and patience no matter how they treat you. Pray for their hearts and bless them, that they may find God.
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor(fellow man) and hate your enemy.’
44 But I say to you, [a]love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
45 so that you may [show yourselves to] be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on those who are evil and on those who are good, and makes the rain fall on the righteous [those who are morally upright] and the unrighteous [the unrepentant, those who oppose Him].
46 For if you love [only] those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that?
47 And if you greet only your brothers[wishing them God’s blessing and peace], what more [than others] are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles [who do not know the Lord] do that?
48 You, therefore, will be perfect [growing into spiritual maturity both in mind and character, actively integrating godly values into your daily life], as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:43-48 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Matthew 5:44 The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.
23 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
24 And the Lord’s servant[a] must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
2 Timothy 2:23-26 (ESV)
Footnotes
[a] 2 Timothy 2:24 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
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