FLEXIBILITY IS GOODNESS

Dear One
    We have talked about flexibility many times in the past.  Flexibility is one of the personality traits that comes from the fruit of the Spirit of goodness. 
     Flexibility is the opposite of rigidity.  Rigid people are legalisitic about religious standards, submission to unreasonable authority, legalistic about social standards and political philosophies.
     Read over and over again about your brother Jesus.  He was not rigid about any of those expectations.  That is why He was hated by the hypocrites, the Pharisees and the SadduceeS.  He was more concerned about helping people than He was about rigid rules and regulations. He understood that spiritual heredity, backgrounds, parental expectations and education contribute to whether a person is rigid or flexible.  He knew that rigidity is at the basis of all judgmental thoughts.  He taught explicitly that if a person judges another person that he will be judged by others. 
     Jesus knew the cause of all evil in the world is satan.  He knew that people yield to temptations from the devil because He was tempted and He did not yield.  He had My power inside of Him to defeat the devil.  He understood that without My power people have no resistance to the devil and his temptations to do evil.
      Jesus walked in the flesh so He understood the battle between good and evil with which every human being is presented every day which calls for choosing either life or death, good or evil.  He understood the people who yield to temptation to do evil.  Instead of judgment, Jesus had mercy and compassion.
      Rigidity can curse a person physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually.
      Jesus knew that flexibility can cause a person to act with goodness and understanding toward others rather than judging them as always being sinners.
      You have heard the term "flow with the Spirit".  Flexibility and goodness allows you to be fluid, never judging, never condemning, never rigid, but always acting toward others with mercy and love.
      That is one of the keys of the kingdom about which Jesus taught. Make it your key because it opens many doors to the abundant life that I promised.
       Love, God
Matthew 7:1-12; Matthew 4:1-11; Matthew 5:7; Matthew 9:13; Matthew 23:23-24; Romans 9-15-16; Galatians 5:22-25.