by Dona Hake
Love is not touchy and irritable. This is the sum of a few different translations of the first part of I Corinthians 13:5. When I think about one being touchy or irritable it could be a result of being preoccupied, sickness, or lack of rest. I am sure there could be other reasons but God’s Word makes it clear in Phillipians 4:6-7…
” Don’t worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you
need, always giving thanks for what you have. And because you belong to Christ Jesus, God’s peace will stand guard over all your thoughts and feelings. His peace can do this far better than our
human minds.” Easy To Read Version
need, always giving thanks for what you have. And because you belong to Christ Jesus, God’s peace will stand guard over all your thoughts and feelings. His peace can do this far better than our
human minds.” Easy To Read Version
God desires so much for us to bring every detail before Him. He wants to perfect every concern in our life. I truly believe what happens is many times when things are going good for us we can fail to keep conscious of Him, and we can be tempted to relax in our faith. You will have those days where you
wake up, and it seems like everything is going wrong. If you do not take your thoughts captive, and take every problem to Him immediately you will find yourself in trouble, and end up being easily irritated with people and situations. If you are preoccupied with thinking about problems and you do not make a quality decision to give all to Him you will carry the burden in your own ability. It is when we are trying to carry burdens that we pull ourselves away from being immersed in the peace of God.
I think another avenue that being touchy and irritable enters into our thought realm is when we are wanting to live in a comfort zone where there are no challenges or problems. A comfort zone is a nice little place where you try to make your world a perfect place where there are no bumps in the road. This is not reality to try to do this. If you deal with feeling that things should always go your way and you should have no pressure in this life you are setting yourself up to get irritated and touchy with those people that possible have upset your world.
Lord, help us be mindful that actions and words that proceed from being irritable and touchy do not edify us or anyone around us. Help us to seek you diligently to immerse ourselves in your love and peace. It is as we do this that we will immediately stop that which is trying to rob us of our peace and keep us from walking in Your perfect love. We praise You Lord for being our Helper as we set out to walk in Your love!