I’m Right and You’re Wrong
Many of
our relationship problems are due to pride. Pride gets us to fight to be right.
It will fill our minds with self-deception. We will be able to justify all
kinds of wrong attitudes and behaviors, all the while being fully convinced
that we are right.
The
Bible says in James 3:14, “But if you have bitter jealousy and contention in
your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus be in defiance of and false
to the Truth.”
Almost
all mothers want the best for their children. Sometimes they can drive you over
the edge and beyond because they constantly want to know what you’re up to.
They want to know what you’re plans are to get to the next step in your life.
Often times us young adults take it as picking. Like a pesky mosquito that
keeps coming back and buzzing around your head. I bet you know exactly what I’m
talking about.
My
mother will bring up questions and concerns regarding my next move in life and
I do recall, recently, I blew up on her. I even said some words you should not
say in front of the woman that gave you birth. But by golly, my pride was on a
high mountain and I let strife take me over. Anger was rushing through every
part of my bone and I had had enough of the questions and bickering and
picking. I wanted to get rid of this mosquito once and for all. But, this is my
mother we are talking about and after I had shut my mouth and started holding
everything in, she walked upstairs and I sat there on the couch feeling
horrible. What in the world was that all about? Where did that come from? I
felt so evil, words can’t describe how bad I felt. I was in tears after she
left.
Many of
you have had one of these outbursts. Maybe not towards your mother or father,
but towards someone else who you just wanted them to go away or back off. Man,
our pride can really take us over sometimes huh? In my situation, as I look
back on it, it turns out my pride was wrong in the situation. I was out of line
and I did need to focus on my next step forward. Everyone does. I mean, sure of
course I was thinking ahead, but not like my mom said I should be. I was wrong
then and did not realize it because of my pride.
James
3:6 says, “The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the
body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire,
and is itself set on fire by hell.” Or tongue can hurt someone so fast, and we don’t
even realize it till after we’ve spat out those harmful words. When I started
using words against my mother I did not think twice nor completely acknowledge
what I had just said to her. After the fight had ended was when I realized how
harsh and evil I sounded. I let my tongue set ablaze and from then on, hell
took over. It is so easy to let that happen but we need to remember what it is
caused by. Strife and pride. Do not let strife take over your life for it
infects every part of the body. As I stated in my last blog.
Lord, I
surrender to You my need to defend self, explain self, empower self, and to
always be right. I acknowledge that You alone are the only One who is right.
And even if I feel right about some situations, it never justifies strife. I
submit my life to You completely, and I choose to let You alone be my defender.