Maintain Your Loyalty to God's Kingdom

APPRECIATE ALL OF JEHOVAH'S CREATION

It is understandable that we  might feel some affection for the land, the culture,the language, and the food of the country we were raised in. However, we must avoid the "mine is best" attitude.  For our pleasure, Jehovah has created great variety in all things.  (Psalm 104:24; Revelation 4:11) So why insist that one way of doing things is superior to another?

God wants people of all sorts to come to an accurate knowledge of truth and to enjoy everlasting life.  (John 3:16;  1 Timothy 2:3, 4) Open-mindedness toward a diversity of acceptable ideas enriches us and protects our Christian unity. As we maintain our loyalty to Jehovah, we must avoid involvement  in the world's controversies. Partisan allegiances have no place among us. How thankful we are to Jehovah for freeing us from the divisive , prideful, competitive practices that dominate Satan's world!  May it  be our determination to cultivate a peaceful attitude like that expressed by the psalmist:  "Look! How good an dhow pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!" -Psalm 133:1. 

Next time: This Is Our Place of Worship

From the Watchtower magazine, 2015