Be A Peacemaker | Victoria Osteen
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's another great day to be alive, and we are so blessed to be here with you today, Victoria, my beautiful wife, and we're just praying for you guys to have a blessed summer.
I sure hope you enjoy the podcast. I know I always enjoy these messages. They're so uplifting and encouraging and inspiring, so we hope you enjoy the message today. It is so good to have you here this morning. You sound good, and you look good, and I know you're feeling good now. Amen. It says in Matthew 5, 9, this is what Jesus said. He said, It doesn't say blessed are the people who can control the situation and make it go their way. It doesn't say blessed are the ones who are right all the time. It says those who are willing to be peacemakers can walk in the blessings of God. See, that's the key right there. What are we willing to do? See, are we willing to let other people be right even when we know they're wrong for the sake of peace?
See, there's got to be a willingness to make peace and maintain peace to walk in the place of blessings. One time, Joel and I were at this event, and we didn't know everyone at the event, but we knew a few people. And this gentleman came walking up to Joel and I, and he began to speak to us. And I noticed as the conversation, his passion became a little more intense. he began talking more to Joel than myself. And so I was watching this and listening and he just had a conviction. He had an idea and he was trying to persuade Joel to believe the same thing that he believed. And so he's getting passionate about this and just he's talking and talking. And I look at Joel and I see this famous smile on his face.
And I see this occasional nod with his head. And so after the man was finished, he walked off. And I said to Joel, I said, Joel, you don't believe what he was saying. You don't agree with what he was saying.
What does Jesus mean by 'Blessed are the peacemakers' in Matthew 5:9?
I said, I know you don't. Why didn't you just kind of explain to him what you believed and what you thought? And I'll never forget, Joel looked at me and he said, Victoria, he said, I wasn't put on this earth to straighten everybody out. He said, I would rather hold my peace then prove him wrong. You see, when you allow other people to be right, it doesn't make you wrong. It makes you a peacemaker. It says in Romans 12, 18, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. You see, sometimes you just need to put a famous smile on your face and nod your head so that you can live at peace with everyone. Now, it doesn't say that everyone's going to live at peace with you. But behind that smile and behind that nod is peace.
It's a place that God wants us to live. It's a place of wholeness where things are together in our life. See, the blessing of being a child of God is knowing that God is fighting your battles for you. It's knowing you don't have to be right to do what's right. It's knowing that you may not be in control of the situation, but that God has ultimate control of the situation. So often we want to fight back. We want to be right because right feels good. But can I tell you right is overrated if it steals your peace, if it costs you the blessing? It's overrated. You can be right and be miserable. You can be right and have strife in your home and in your family. You can be right and you can have no friends. Being right is overrated.
Now, that doesn't mean that you have to be a doormat, that you have to agree with everything that people say, that you're not allowed an opinion and to use your own brain. That is not what that means. It means that you are sensitive and you are aware when a conversation is going too far, when it's getting heated. That you understand that when things like that begin to happen, strife is knocking at your door. See, peace is your guard and it's your guide. And it lets you know that, hey, wait a minute. I have complete control over this situation. I don't have to keep pushing back. I don't have to prove myself.
Why might you choose peace over proving you're right in conversations?
God will prove it in the end. I don't have to be right. I just need to do what's right. And that is hold on to my blessing of peace.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:15
2
What does Jesus mean by 'Blessed are the peacemakers' in Matthew 5:9?
2:15–5:01
3
Why might you choose peace over proving you're right in conversations?
5:01–6:22
4
How did Joel's story illustrate choosing peace instead of correcting someone?
6:22–12:30
5
What does Romans 12:18 teach about living at peace with others?
12:30–14:31