A really good thing to consider if you are trying to find peace of mind is to mind your own business. Put point blank keep your nose out of other people’s business.
“Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.”
I Thessalonians 4:11
We have enough trouble taking care of our own daily business. I am sure some of you remember the saying, “clean up your own backyard.” Or maybe the Bible Scripture in Matthew 7:5, “Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye.”
God created each one of us totally different. We are all uniquely made. God said, “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--how well I know it.” Psalm 139:14. There is only one of us that God has created. So to speak, He created us and threw the mold away. We are uniquely made down to everyone has a unique fingerprint. No two are the same, such as the snowflake. God made us different in looks, design and thoughts. So if God created us all unique we all will not have the same opinion or do things the same way. God is in control and He knows what He is doing.
As the saying, “there is more ways than one to skin a cat”, well there is more ways than one to get something accomplished. I have the way I would do the job and you have your way. They may be totally different but the job still gets done.
Are you one that thinks only your way is the right way? When you see someone doing something and it isn’t the way you would have done it, do you criticize or ridicule. Do you demean them or say they do not know what they are doing? I hope not but if this is true, then you are denying God even exists or denying that God is not in control. God created everyone and he designed our minds, etc.
When we do not give others the option to do things their own way we are denying God created us all differently. Thanks goodness He did not make us all the same. This world would be a very boring world for sure, but He added variety by giving different talents, spiritual gifts, skills, and even opinions to us all.
We have to keep in mind that we have to be continually, "seeking first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Mathew 6:33. Then as we are in God’s will we will know God is in control and He is doing what is best for our lives. He knows our decisions and what we are going to do way before we do them. We have to let God work in the lives of those that we are trying to stay our of their business. We have to trust God knowing He is in control and He knows best.
I have to admit it is hard to stay out of some people’s business that you see are doing things wrong but prayer and standing back and letting them fail or fall is the best way at times. It is not too easy for us to do but it is having faith and getting out of God’s way and letting Him work. Much of the time we get in God’s way and hinder His work because we are trying to do His work for Him. He doesn’t need us to do His work for Him. If He needs us to help Him He will put us in the situations at the right time and we will see an awesome work!
Let’s all try to practice this and stand aside and let God do His Marvelous works in our lives but also in those lives we tend to want to run their business. God is taking care of each one of our lives individually and is taking care of everything else at the same time. So make it our motto to
“Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.”
I Thessalonians 4:11
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