Friday... There can be some people that we want to prove wrong but.

The Apostle Paul in writing a letter to the Corinthian church was tempted to prove some arrogant people there that they were wrong. But he was not about to go against God's plan.

What should I do?

Some arrogant people just get to us, don't they? We want to prove them wrong. Now the devil will do anything and use anyone to get us off track, even good reasons.

Here is what Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 4:18 (AMP), "Now some of you have become arrogant and pretentious as though I were not coming to see you." And we want so much to prove them wrong but is that the right thing to do? I'm going to do the opposite you say to prove you wrong. Again, the devil will use any method he can to get us off track.

But Paul continues with a statement that we may overuse but it must be what we do. In verse 19a he says, "But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing." The Message Paraphrase says, "But I'll be there sooner than you think, God willing." God willing, God willing.

It is so easy for us to to what we think we should do. It really makes sense but is it what God wants?

Our humanness wants to do so much but there is a greater want within those who are true followers of God. It is a greater want, it is the want to do what God wants, to do his will.

Verses 18-20 in the New International Version says, "Some of you have become arrogant, as if I am not coming to you. But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power." And that power comes from relying on God and his will and living with him in control.

Yes, there are some people that we want to prove wrong but doing what God wants is where the real power is. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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