As soon as the schools return this serious matter of bullying quickly returns to take up our attention. It is like a virulent virus in these present days.
It is epidemic in proportion in some places, and not only epidemic, but also demonic. A spirit of bullying can infect a school or business. O yes, this is not limited and restricted to young people. Adults can be adept at bullying. How many bosses are regarded as bullies and that ought not to be. Know that it can be dealt with and stopped. More than one method may be needed to produce the desired result.
Twice during his lifetime and ministry, Jesus Christ cleansed The Temple in Jerusalem of all unscrupulous trading.
He stopped the opportunistic bartering, and within the week God closed down the Temple, opening up a better way.
This greatly upset the religious authorities, and they began to put pressure on Jesus.
They started bullying Jesus.
Bullying can arise when people get away from God. They forget that God sees their every action and hears each word.
Rebels are slippery cunning characters and they will do anything to avoid being discovered. When rebels resort to bullying it is serious and sore. Have you found that where you work? Most large establishments have someone who for some peculiar reason likes to through his or her weight around. Yes, it can be a woman too. Women are not exempt from such activities.
Satan is a bully. He will go for those who are weak. He always does. He looks for those who know they are vulnerable and he attacks suddenly and surprisingly. His shock tactics can throw a person if he does not know is happening.
Might this be why we are currently hearing so much about bullying? As people move further away from the Word of God, something or someone else takes over.
Before Jesus began preaching and teaching, God raised up John, who exercised a brief, but powerful, ministry beside the Jordan River. All kinds of needy people came to him and he dealt with various problems and issues. Crowds clamoured to hear John speak and preach, but John was not an open air entertainer.
He was a man of God, and when people wanted to do something about the way they had been living John took them into the waters of the Jordan and baptised them. It was like a bath for those who were morally and spiritually dirty. God was getting people to clean up their act.
Some Roman soldiers, who realised they were behaving badly, asked John, “What should we do?”
John replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely.”
In other words, “Don’t bully.”
Having a bully around at school, or work, or in the home, is horrendous. A bully is a horrid person.
These soldiers knew what they were like and so did God’s man, John.
People who are aware that they are bullies do not like themselves, and they do not like what they are doing. Something or someone else takes over!
It can be sorted out. Most do not want to continue living that nasty way, and there is no need to.
There is an effective cure.
Sandy Shaw
Sandy Shaw is Pastor of Nairn Christian Fellowship, Chaplain at Inverness Prison, and Nairn Academy, and serves on The Children’s Panel in Scotland, and has travelled extensively over these past years teaching, speaking, in America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, making 12 visits to Israel conducting Tours and Pilgrimages, and most recently in Uganda and Kenya, ministering at Pastors and Leaders Seminars, in the poor areas surrounding Kampala, Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu.
He broadcasts regularly on WSHO radio out of New Orleans, and writes a weekly commentary at http://www.studylight.org entitled “Word from Scotland” on various biblical themes, as well as a weekly newspaper column.
His M.A. and B.D. degrees are from The University of Edinburgh, and he continues to run and exercise regularly to maintain a level of physical fitness.
Sandy Shaw
sandyshaw63@yahoo.com
Tags: Ethics, Morality, School, Spiritual
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