Children of God

1. May 2008 by Bernice Davis.

Hello: 

Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” 

Today, I want to focus on “children of God.” 

We’ve been studying all week about peace and conflict.  We’ve talked about biblical peace versus the world or even our concept of peace. 

We talked about dealing with situations even though it may stir up unwanted or hostile emotions.     When we stand up for righteousness even at the risk of causing conflict to get to the heart of the problem for resolution sake, then we shall be called “children of God.”   Sometimes, you must go through conflict to acheive “true peace.”  Often times, true peace can only be achieved by going through conflict.  

One of the ways that we can tell that we have an attitude for peace is if we find ourselves refusing to participate or create situations that could cause unnecessary problems or  lead to divisive behavior,  simply to satisfy some selfish need we have.  Peacemakers not only deal with conflict to accomplish true “peace” but we also stay away from idle gossip, unmerited anger, envy, backbitting, jealousy, slander, etc.   Sometimes, we just need to “walk away.”  

One of my favorite verses in the bible is found in Proverbs 16:32  ”He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” 

This proverbial wisdom teaches us that a person that can control their temper and attitude is better than the strong and mighty who can do such great things as conquer cities. 

Peacemakers, People will actually look at our character and personality and say: “Now there goes a child of God.” What a wonderful testimony for “the glory of God.”   

Tomorrow, we will end our journey with the beatitudes but we will still continue to study Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.   

Don’t forget to pray and read God’s word daily. 

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