Friday... Those troublemakers can cause problems.

I was having problems with a troublemaker program trying to get my attention this morning on my computer but I figured out a way to stop it. And that is the way we have to deal with some people.

Proverbs 22:16 (MSG) says, "Kick out troublemakers and things will quiet down; you need a break from bickering and griping."

I have found a device on my computer that takes care of troublemakers. It's called delete. Some people have friended the wrong people on social media and they are always in an uproar. If it is you, you need a break from those who are bickering and griping.

Look at verse 1, "A sterling reputation is better than striking it rich, a gracious spirit is better than money in the bank." Maybe you are a griper and one who bickers. Maybe you need to do everything you can to become a gracious person. And that comes from your relationship with God. and your relationship with people who have a sterling reputation. And maybe we need to spend more time in His Word and in His presence and get away from the bickering and complaining and dwell on His grace.

Have you ever thought about all that God could complain about you and me? That's all He would do. I mean, Adam and Eve ate the fruit. I mean He took His children out of slavery and all they did was cause trouble and complain. And later they killed His Son. But He is a gracious God and He wants a gracious people following His example.

Verse 3 says, "A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks; a simpleton walks blindly and is clobbered."

Somehow we as Christ followers need to get out of the business of being gripers, complainers and troublemakers. And listen if we kick out the troublemakers around us and in us then things will quiet down. So first of all repent of your being a troublemaker and kick out those on social media that are influencing you and get around people who have a sterling reputation and a gracious spirit and see what happens in your life.

Over in Acts it tells of some troublemakers who were out to mess up Paul's influence and his sharing the Good News to the Gentiles. In Acts 17:13-14 (NLT) it says, "But when Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God in Berea, they went there to cause trouble. The believers acted at once, sending Paul on the coast,"

Let's get out of the troublemaker business as Christ followers and into the sharing The Good News and showing by living how it has made such a difference in our lives. That's what God has called us to do and this time that we are living in is a great time to do it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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