"The Spirit that he placed in us wants us for himself alone," James 4:5.
Who yearns jealously? The Spirit. The Spirit longs for whom? Us. God wants our exclusive loyalty. God placed his Spirit in us and does not want to share with anybody, anything, else. So. Bickering with each other shows our own divided loyalties. Our own pride and passion. We think something that somebody else has will make us happy. Will fulfill us. But that thinking arises from worldly will. Entirely opposed to God. God opposes the proud. Yes. And God gives grace to the humble. To whoever resists devilish ways. To whoever yields to God. That God draws near to them. That yearning God. Jesus did exactly that.
As we talk with a brother or sister today God's Spirit reminds us whose we are, exclusively. And, together, we give thanks that our Lord, Jesus, gave himself completely to the Father's will, to grace us.
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