The Cause of the Discord

James 4:1

1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you?

The apostle James wrote a letter to the Christian world at large and under submitting yourselves to God he talks about the discord between man. Now what does the discord between man have to do with submitting to God you ask? Well if your relationship with God is off, so will your relationship with man. Hmm. It is normal for the flesh and the spirit to battle. Meaning that what the flesh wants is the opposite of what the spirit desires. But if you are in Christ, first and foremost, your first desire is to please the Lord. But if you are thinking from the world standards, your first desire is to please yourself. The apostle James is saying that the second mindset is what leads to the fighting amongst each other. Each person wanting their own way but the one in Christ will desire to do God's will. God's will is always the best way for all and incurs less problems. But man's way never sees the end result like God does and therefore has consequences and unnecessary problems. During a heated argument, most usually don't stop in the middle to say, "wait let's stop and pray to see what God wants." What the Apostle James says later in the scripture is that even when one does, it's with the wrong intent or motive and usually for the sake of still pleasing oneself. So how do you lessen the arguments you say? Ask God upfront what His will is and seek to do His will from the start. Now the one who doesn't desire to do so is the one who will be the cause of the discord.

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