Delayed by Distraction

1 Corinthians 6:7-8
⁷ The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? ⁸ Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.

Have you been wronged by someone that claimed to have your best interest?  The apostle Paul addressed the church in Corinth because there had been continuous division. Those within that branch of Zion had resulted in bringing lawsuits against one another. But why? First and foremost, the enemy comes to kill, steel and destroy. Why is this important? Because the quickest way to keep God's people off task is to create distraction and division. It is important to be united. As long as the body of Christ is not united, then God's purpose is delayed. Notice, delayed not destroyed. So what does this have to with lawsuits? As long as there is a self-serving mentality, greed,envy then one will be willing to harm another. The words just described are all characteristics of the enemy. So giving way to self-serving, greed, envy, means that one needs to get their heart right with God. No it is not good to have lawsuits against another within the body of Christ because it becomes more along the lines of retaliation and not allowing God to handle it but it's also not good for one to do harm to their brother because they have ulterior motives. It is better to let the Lord into the situation that he was left out in the first place in order to settle the dispute. Keeping the Lord in the situation keeps the enemy at bay.

What disputes need to be settled among you? Was it started because one's heart was not right with God? In other words, be humble and admit and then repent not just to the Lord, but to the one grieved. And the one grieved, forgive your brother. Stop allowing the enemy to use you both to delay God's purpose.