“And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.”
Quarreling breaks out between Abram's herders and Lot's herders, and the Canaanites and Perizzites are still in the land. The mention of the Canaanites and Perizzites is more than geographical — it is a theological observation. The quarrel between the covenant households is happening in full view of the people who do not know the covenant God. The conflict among God's people is a testimony to the watching world — and it is not a good one. Jesus will say in John 13:35 that the world will know his disciples by their love for one another. The quarreling herders are the negative of that picture. The application: the conflict within your community — your family, your church, your team — is always being observed by those outside it. The handling of that conflict is itself a form of witness, for better or worse.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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