Stop Acting like the World

(disclaimer: a little harsh 🤷🏼‍♀️, but if I needed it others also might)

1 Corinthians 13:5 (love) does not act unbecomingly, it does not seek its own, it is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered

😔 I can sadly raise my hand and say I do all these “does nots”. Because I allow myself to be provoked I sometimes act unbecomingly, seek my own and unfortunately will probably replay the encounter over and over in my head when I lay down to go to sleep. Anyone else?? Just me?😳

Thanks to our fearless leader Daisy I love verse mapping, and as I was mapping through the love verses this one wrecked me. I started this particular mapping quest because I want to have good soil for the fruit of the Spirit and love seems to be the basis for all the fruit.

This verse is straightforward. There is no hidden meaning. Quit listening to and acting like the world, Tracy. BE DIFFERENT. Get back to the Philippians 4:8 filter, lean hard into James 1:19, stop acting like the darkness. Jesus doesn’t say blend in He says DENY myself, pick up my cross and follow Him. (paraphrase Matthew 16:24).

Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

That’s my prayer. Lord, help me today to walk by the Spirit, to not be provoked, to put others first, to check my attitude and for my desire to be to follow Your perfect example.

If any of you have these same struggles or any struggles take heart. 2 Corinthians 2:9-12 tells us that His grace is sufficient and His power is perfected in these struggles. When we are weak He is our strength.

Keep. Pressing. In.