When It Depends On You

Romans 12:18, "If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."*[Amplified Bible]

May the peace that surpasses all human understanding rule over you this morning, this day and in days to come.
Peace is dependant on two things, possibility and who it depends on.
One of the reasons why you may not have peace with some people is because it is their decision not to be at peace with you. And no matter how you try, it has become impossible to be at peace with them. When such a case arises, what you are needed to do is to shrug you shoulders and softly say, "suit Yourself".

If you understood the kind of power you carry with you and the kind of protection you have around you, you would refrain as much as possible from fighting back anybody. But most of the times we fight out of fear not our of courage and confidence in our God. And by so doing we act like a serpent, and we all know who the serpent is. And the children of the serpent are serpents.

A snake does not bite because it is very courageous, a snake bites because of fear. Because it knows that there is already a curse in place between it and the seed of Adam. That, meeting the seed of Adam will most probably lead to one thing, its head being crashed.
The devil does not fight you because he is strong and courageous, the devil actually does not fight you, the devil strikes and waits for you to drop dead.

But Jesus said, "Those who believe and are baptised shall be saved, and these signs shall follow those who believe... they shall pick up serpents... "
There are two levels of believing, there is believing unto salvation and believing for signs and wonders to follow you. Many people have believed unto salvation, but they do not go into the next step of believing unto having signs and wonders as followers.
There are four things that should follow every believer; goodness, mercy, signs and wonders.

Now, goodness is what we are talking about today, when we say that as much as it depends on you, you should live peaceably with every person and if it is possible. God knows that some people are just impossible to live at peace with. There are some people who no matter what you do, you may never be able to live at peace with them.
And youvwill always have these people with you. They are set there by God so that God throughvthem may show Himself strong on your behalf. The mistake we do is that we want to fight them ourselves!

Whereas, they are there so that God can shew Himself strong ON YOUR BEHALF! They are not there for you to fight them they are there to watch as you eat from the table God sets up for you, they are there as spectators.
Anybody that wants to live at peace with you, qualifies themselves to sit with you at the table the LORD sets up for you. And this is the same reason why you should live at peace with others because, by so doing, you also qualifies yourself to sit with them at the table that the LORD prepares for them before their enemies.

Any person you deliberately choose not to live at peace with, you actually sign an agreement to be a spectator when God blesses them! Any person that chooses, no matter how you try, not to be at peace with you, are signing up to spectate as you enjoy the table set for you before your enemies.
Their work will be to comment and commentate. If you watch games, you will understand what I am talking about. There will always be people who will criticise and analyse the game after it is played and commentate when it is being played. They always know how, where and who should have scored. They even know who the coach should fire or substitute. But that is about the much they can do. A good player will enjoy the game regardless.
The people who are happy during and after the game are those who choose to support the players regardless of the scores. The rest are left to watch as the team and the friends of the team (called fans), celebrate.

The more people you live at peace with, the more the tables you have to sit at. Everyday there is a person being immensely blessed. Everyday there is a person that will be celebrating. Now, if you are friendly, you may actually be in a celebratory mood all through. Imagine if you have 365 people you have decided to live peaceably with. And God decides that each of them will celebrate, each day of the year. Then it means that you will be in party mood all through the year.
Look at this, IT IS NOT YOU WHO IS BEING BLESSED, it is those that you have decided to live peaceably with that are being blessed, but because you have bought a ticket to their table, YOU PRACTICALLY DON'T EVEN MISS BEING BLESSED!
Seriously, I have discovered that when my sons are blessed, I don't miss being blessed. All I hear are notifications on my phone! But if they are going through a dry season .... sometimes I even wonder why I have a phone ... and keep wondering where my blessing got stuck.

I may want to go on and on, but I believe the message is home. As long as it depends on you, live peaceably with everybody. Ensure that you have as many people as possible that can invite their celebration party. As long as it depends on me, I will live peaceably with everybody. I am not bragging, but I love the number of invites I receive to parties. If I obliged to all, I would never fast all year round, hahaha.
Shalom and keep the faith.

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