Building strong, lasting relationships with other people must be one of the most difficult pursuits in life. This cultivating of relationships with others is displayed against the backdrop of God's astounding grace and mercy. He has rescued His people out of miserable oblivion.
Is this not striking? When Paul begins speaking about the way in which you deal with others, he begins NOT with what you must do, but with what God has done. Look at the amazing grace of God.
God is putting His glory on display, and He is doing it through us, His church! He is going to do this forever. It is tempting to think that you need to do something great in order to see God glorified in your life and His church. But what God desires is simple development of godly relationships. This is the best display of God's character and glory! The way you relate to others is not just between you and them, it is about the glory of God.
Traits that mark such relationships are humility, gentlesness, patience, bearing with other people in love.
Relationships are like a garden. If the garden fails and someone asks you, "What did you do to make this garden fail?", and you reply, "I did nothing!", that is the point. Just as a garden needs to be cultivated, so relationships need to be deliberately cultivated.
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