Passing On What We Want for Others (TMF:1865)

Friday, June 03, 2022
Peace to Live By: Passing On What We Want for Others (TMF:1865) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 20: “Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble or be hindered or be weakened. The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God.” What Paul is saying is that no matter what desire we may have, there are going to be times we have to take a pass for the sake of fellow believers. When we don’t pass on what we want, we hinder and prohibit God’s growth in others, and actually, in ourselves. People cannot come into more freedom by being forced to do so. And likewise, we cannot be growing in self-control, or self-restraint, if we are refusing to do so. It’s a two-way street here. It’s not about us all the time. I know, we don’t particularly care for this. It’s not a lot of fun. But God tells us here this is what we need to do.