Most times around here, people misunderstand resolution for reconciliation. When you want to repair a relationship where there is conflict, you have to focus on reconciliation, when you want to restore a relationship, you focus on resolution.
There’s a big difference! Reconciliation means reestablishing mutual understanding in a relationship It doesn’t mean you’ll remarry your ex; it just means you’re at peace with each other. Resolution in relationships means you resolve every disagreement, and that just isn’t going to happen. Because the truth is, there are some things in your marriage, your friendships, and your work relationships that you’re just never going to agree on, because we’re all different. But you can disagree without being disagreeable. That’s called maturity. That’s called wisdom. That’s called being like Christ!
We can have unity without uniformity. We can walk hand in hand together without seeing eye to eye. I've seen cases of distant relationships where the two parties eventually end in matrimony. In this age and time, some even prefer distant relationships to closer ones.
If you focus on restoring your relationship, oftentimes the issue becomes insignificant. How many of your biggest arguments with your spouse or friend were over the smallest things? They weren’t really about that. You need to get back to focusing on the relationship. That's the ministry that our Lord Jesus Christ committed into our hands. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, you have a ministry of reconciliation. It’s your job to go out in society and say, “God’s done everything to put you back in fellowship with him. He’s already paid for all your sins. You don’t have to be his enemy. He’s not mad at you; he’s mad about you. Be reconciled to God. Be at peace with God. Then spread that peace with everybody else.”
There’s a lot of conflict in the world. It’s filled with wars, division, arguments, prejudice and racism, terrorism, and partisanism. And as a result we have broken relationships. We have a broken economy. We have a broken government. We have broken marriages. And we have broken lives and broken hearts.
I challenge you as a believer to commit to becoming an agent of reconciliation in a world filled with conflict. Become a bridge builder, not a wall builder. Look for ways to bring people together rather than tear them up.
And if you don't have a relationship with God, click HERE to begin.
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