“Let there be no strife between me and you...; for we are brethren” -Genesis 13:8 NKJV
For We Are Brethren
Ten years after Hiroshima, when we began to appreciate the magnitude of the threat arising from the invention of nuclear weapons, a group of scientists, under the leadership of Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein, tried to warn governments and the public. In the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, they said “We are speaking on this occasion, not as members of this or that nation, continent, or creed, but as human beings, members of the species Man, whose continued existence is in doubt... Here then, is the problem which we present to you, stark and dreadful, and inescapable: Shall we put an end to the human race, or shall mankind renounce war?”
Where there are two or more people, there are always differences of opinion or interest. These differences spark conflict and conflicts lead to wars. We cannot eliminate conflict situations, but it is how we deal with them that matters.
When Abraham saw conflict developing between his herdsmen and those of his nephew Lot, he had to stop it. If the men continued to fight, they would soon exterminate each other, but the wells and the land for which they were fighting for would remain. Abraham realised that the bonds of brotherhood was far more important and beneficial than any material gains he could get from the land. For this he was willing to make a sacrifice- he let his nephew choose the most fertile parts of the land and happily moved to a less productive land. He backed down. What a man!
If we adopted the same attitude to most conflicts in the world today or conflicts in the home and our workplaces, we could easily achieve peace.
Through the Bible in 1 year: Genesis 20-22; Matthew 7;
Prayer: LORD grant that I shall always seek to be at peace with all men
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