“Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant. -Galatians 1:10”
Have you ever tried to be so nice and cordial with someone knowing that you didn’t like or care for them at all or vice versa? Well here is a test to see are you really a cordial individual or just fake.
We all know that we come encounters with individuals from all walks of life on a daily basis. We meet these people for a reason: as blessings or simply lessons. How God prearranges your life is how he will reveal what seasons they are meant to be in: lifetime or temporary. Now we all have had situations where people have done us wrong, lied on or to us, thrown dirt or stabbed us in the back, etc. It’s so easy to hate someone for what they have done but so hard to forgive. You become angry at what damage was done and want to seek revenge to make you feel better about yourself. But little do you know that only makes matters worse on your part. If you so called say that God is number one in your life, then there should be no way that you should be fighting your own battles for he said in his word, “Do not tremble, the battle is not yours. 2 Chronicles 20:15” You may not know or see the hurt or damage they may have or may still have going on behind your back by these so called seasonal individuals but trust and believe God SEES ALL and will deliver you from what is not safe or progressing you. But then he goes to say in Matthew 5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. So as stated it is easy to hate but hard to forgive but it must be done wholeheartedly in order for God to not only close those dreadful doors but to open the ones that he has predestined for you. He knows your heart(whether it is pure or hateful) like the back of his hand so any hate, hurt or misery you have upon your heart towards anyone, you must let it go and let him have his way. Because you have to think about it. How would we feel if Jesus had hatred towards all the cruel things that we do or have done as his children. But yet he loved us so much that died for OUR sins. Now that is what you call unconditional love. So no matter how many times someone hurts you, forgive and move on. “If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you saying, “I repent”, you shall forgive him. Luke 17:4″
So this is all said to say that God knows your heart. He knows the tribulations you have encountered, he knows who has hurt you, lied on you, etc., he knows everything that has occurred in your life. Nothing comes as a surprise to him. So when someone has done you wrong, God knows it and will handle them one way or another. But you have the choice of loving your enemies wholeheartedly and not worry or speak to them or you can keep striving to please them by keeping some type of communication going knowing that your heart is fully not in it with them. Now it is confusing but it will all make sense. Stop pleasing people and keeping seasonal individuals around. They stay around because you keep them around by keeping some type of communication with them like tweeting, messaging, following back on instagram or other networks, etc. If you know they have done you wrong, mistreated you, or just talk so bad upon you, why would keep people like that in your life? That is only bringing you down to their miserable level and allowing you to remain in poison when you should be rising above the hatred that they have stored in their hearts towards you. But no one would know if there is any hatred because people are so infatuated with being so fake that they believe they can keep those that they secretly hate or dislike around just to prove that they have you brain washed or are just simply using you for what you have, whether its money, transportation, sex, a job offer, advice, or just to be nosy.
God knows your heart and he knows when you mean good wholeheartedly. So he is not going to punish or dislike you because you don’t pay no mind or have any type of communication with your enemies. He is going to love you more for that because you are pleasing him by staying true to what is best for you and who is truly there for you. We become so out of it that we still try to make peace with our past and hope to reconcile differences. But what’s done is done and there is no need to go back and bring hateful individuals into your peaceful present which is leading into your prosperous future.(Jeremiah 29:11) He makes no mistakes when he removes the wrong people from your life…simply for all the right reasons. It could be a friend of 25+ years, a lover of 10+ years, individuals you are group affiliated with, family members, you will just never know. But TRUST that is for your protection. Then when you are steady achieving your goals and rising to your destiny, Those that have hurt you will be looking UP at you from the bottom and realize that God was not through with you yet when he had them in your life. They should have never judged you or over looked past your greatness because he is a God of abundance and will do way MORE than what others think that he cant.. all simply because you were pleasing to him and following your heart.
Don’t be in denial of those that don’t like you. They make it so known by what they say to their inner circle.. and STILL it gets to you so they’re in denial of not realizing that their inner circle is letting outsiders know stuff, what they sub tweet or put on statuses..oh the subliminals…got to love them, one minute they speak to you, next they don’t, next they smiling in your face, next talking about you…The world would be a better place if one can Just be consistent with their fakeness. A person that is real about their dislikes about you gets all the respect in the world but that fakeness has to stop. God doesn’t like that. So do a heart check for yourself. Be real with yourself and don’t let being “overly cordial” consume you too much that you become “overly fake”. Most claim to be real but if you are one that is like what is stated above, you are not real. For real, God knows your heart so before he can bless you abundantly, you must release that “overly cordialness” (if that’s a word) and free yourself from internal poison so that you live your life the way he has for you. Your enemies will continuously see how blessed you are that they will become weary in talking about and doing harm to you that they will come into an agreement with God that no weapon formed against this person is not and will not prosper. Remember when one door closes, the one holding your blessings open.
So have you been really cordial or really fake? Fix your heart and keep moving towards your destiny.