Why are we more motivated by what we're against than what we're for?
That's why American elections swing back and forth. Those who oppose the direction the nation is headed are more motivated to garner votes than those who support it.
This is a worldly way of behaving, when you are more interested in what you're against than what you're for. Yet it is so prevalent in the church.
A pastor can say 100 things that you are for, but as soon as he mentions one thing you're against, all hell breaks loose in your thoughts.
If you let those thoughts continue, they lead to gossip and slander. And eventually, you'll leave and take people with you.
It's time to mature. Scripture says this about the church: "Since God is for us, who can be against us?"
Let's focus on that. God is for us, so let's be for each other, even when we disagree about something.
