Are you divided? Are you torn between two or more entities? Have you pledge loyalty to more than one person or belief? Do you feel the struggle being wrought within you? Are there times when it feels as though you will be torn apart? Will you pledge yourself to only one?
We sometimes feel conflict within ourselves. We are torn between two options. One option may feel fully right, while the other is the easier path to take. One may cause some friction with another person, while the other only causes inner turmoil for us.
Being torn between two option is not fun. We struggle with decisions that may cause someone to no longer like us. Yet, if we don’t take the right path, we continue to be chewed up from the inside out. Eventually, we will explode. It may not happen for years. In fact, this very thing has torn many families apart and been the cause of many divorces.
Jesus warned us about this. When we are divided against ourselves, we cannot stand. When we have a war going on within us, we will destroy ourselves. The same is true of families. When there are underlying unresolved issues, they will slowly eat away at the togetherness. We can extend that to our communities, churches, and even our nation.
Jesus warned us that any house or kingdom divided will fall. But how do we stop it? In a word—love. Love will guide us in addressing the issue with loving care. It will give us the wisdom to confront the issue wisely. Walking, talking, and breathing the love of God will provide us with all we need to resolve and rectify the situation. It may not be easy, but it is the only way to make a course correction. Choose to work it out in love.
I pray we all know that we cannot stand divided. I pray we seek to resolve issues with the love of God. I pray each one of us care for one another with love—walking, talking, and breathing the love of God. Know a divided house cannot stand. Know a divided kingdom cannot stand. Seek resolution in God’s love. Show love to one another. Stand together in love.
Mark 3:23-25 And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.”
Marty Pressey 