Creating a Secure CHURCH
PART 4 : When Things Go Wrong
Chapter 16 : Secure after Conflict
16.7 And So?
It may be that your conflict (if you’re one of the many involved in one) doesn’t quite fit the things said in the notes but there are bound to be common features.
To conclude, when we are in a conflict situation it is so easy to:
- let hurt override rational thinking
- maintain a blame culture – it’s their fault
- forget that they also are children of God, loved by Him
If you are in one of these situations, remember that God still loves you and is for you. Then remember that He loves them and is for them as well.
Remember Joshua had this problem (Josh 5:13 -), so you’re in good company, when he asked the man before him, “Are you for us or for our enemies”. The reply from heaven was instructive: “Neither, but as the commander of the army of the Lord I have now come”. In other words, “I’m on God’s side to bring God’s will, so are YOU on my side?” God calls us to His side, not to create or hold onto divisive groups through conflicts.
