Beyond negative circumstances (Part 4)
As I already said, there are five groups on the reaction of Christians when facing a difficult situation and at the end of this teaching; each of us will be able to locate himself in one of the five groups. Today I will talk about the third group:
3. Those who do not fight but constantly complain
In the second part, we saw that the Christians located in the first group react by providing a lot of efforts to fix the problem but sometimes all human efforts are useless. Those in the third group do not fight and do not pray but prefer to complain constantly. They are Christians, they are believers and even practicing but if you spend 15 minutes with them, you should hear negative words filled with despair.
I want Christians to understand that the words that come out of our mouths show the level of our faith. Someone who has a little faith feels insecure and negative and pessimistic words are the result of what happens in his heart. Many Christians ignore or forget that the words we constantly utter influence our future. In a country that has a large Christian community, there should be a lot of positive and constructive words from the mouth of believers because God always works when the people manifest their faith and determination while all that the devil seeks is to destroy a nation through a discouraged and desperate people who only curse their country.
How can you curse your future? If you spend the day thinking and confess (tell others) how you have no luck, how things do not work for you, how God has forgotten you, how others are blessed and you have the impression to always be behind others ... .all those thoughts and all those negative words are cursing your future by when you constantly say what is wrong, it's like you are saying that God is not able to save you and therefore the devil is very happy because you give him strength.
What must be said when facing a serious problem before us? Should we lie by saying the opposite? Far from there! We should not lie but we must proclaim God's power that can turn things in your favor.
In the fifth part, I will rely on a biblical example to show you how to confess positively during very hard times.
Chris Ndikumana
