Disagreements....

Why is it easier to disagree in anger? Why can we not just agree to disagree and move on?

It seems to me that anger is often a tool in the enemy’s hand….a genuine emotion that is twisted and used against us.

I wish I could say I never enter there. I wish every conflict I face could be dealt with without anger being a factor. But, I’m not there….

It is not true that conflict can always be avoided. It is not required of us to be the doormat for someone who disagrees with us, but conflict can be worked out, and God can and will continue to work out His will.


“ Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company..”(Acts 15:37-39)

There is a lot of applicable lessons in this situation recorded in scripture. Disagreements happen even in the most ‘spiritual’ of us. We are all in an imperfect state, there was only One Who had no faultiness in His Personality.

We may disagree and disagree passionately. But we must not disagree on the purpose before us. To re-present Jesus Christ to anyone we can influence.

You may do that differently than I do.

And God is ok with that…It’s His work anyway, remember?