Romans 12: 18
If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
Well, here it is. As far as it depends on you and me, we need to be at peace with everyone.
But it doesn't all depend on us. Sometimes when we do what is right, others still find fault and refuse to get along.
And, of course, we are not always in full control of our words and behavior, letting stuff slip out without thinking. That's our fault.
So we need to be aware of this failing, and endeavor to pay attention to what we're thinking, for that's where our words and actions come from.
O my Father, please help us as Your children to keep a rein on our mouths by submitting our wills and thoughts to Your scrutiny.
Teach us to pause and consider how our words may be received by the hearers. And keep us from disparaging Your Name in how we present ourselves to the World.
Father, work Your works through our endeavors; say Your words with our tongues; fulfill Your great Plan of the Ages using each of our stories, lived out day by day and moment by moment.
O Father, don't let me get in Your way in working in the lives and minds of those in my little world. Don't let my flesh hinder Your message to others in my path.
And may Your Name be glorified in me, not myself.
For every knee will bow, every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord, to the honor and glory of the Father.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
