James 3:13-17

Ignite IBS


James 3:13-17
^{13 Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show you by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogent and so lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrasy.}


　

"Do not be arrogent and so lie against the truth." That part was the part that stuck out to me. Saying be honest with others, be honest with God, be honest with yourself. I've known Matt for about 8 years and one thing that we are really good about is not just sharing with eachother but being 100% honest about the stuff that we're going through wether it be good or bad. I dont know how wise we are but I know we're both pretty understanding. If he doesn't feel like I'm being 100% honest, then he will call me on it, and he expects me to do the same for him. We help eachother be honest with ourselves. Even during these two weeks that we've been here we've talked alot about stuff that's just on our mind and struggles that we're having. We're human, we're gonna get jealous and we're gonna have selfish ambition at some point. The best thing to do about it is share it with somebody but more importantly share it with God and pray about it.

　
Application.

Ask a fellow intern what they're struggling with and pray with them about it.