“When God completes all the goodness He has promised my master and sets you up as prince over Israel, my master will not have this dead weight in his heart, the guilt of an avenging murder. And when God has worked things for good for my master, remember me.” (1 Samuel 25:30-31)
The guilt.
Being attacked, taken advantage of, being treated as
"less than", double standards, all these and more, Christ
endured. More than I will ever
comprehend, and still He turned the other cheek.
God turned more than that.
He turned His back on His Son, my Savior.
So, when I am 'wronged", shouldn't it be easy to turn
it over to God? If my focus is on Him,
only then is it possible. Otherwise, I
am all about "me". My
way. My revenge. It is only through Him that I am able to keep
my mouth shut, when words that slay, want to pour out. Words that once spoken, cannot be
retracted. I stand amazed at the times I
have spiritually seen Him, standing there in front of me with His Hand held up
to hold me back. Telling me that He has
my back and He will take care of the situation.
In my silence, His Words are loud and clear. Our world and self has led us to believe that
if we are silent, we will be walked on.
We will be treated as though we are stupid. In actuality, we are stupid when we do spout
off at the mouth.
In my walk of faith and trust, I have to rely on His time
and His way. And some of those times, it
doesn’t make sense to be silent.
As God sent Abigail, He sent us Christ, to intervene, to
take from us the guilt we would put upon ourselves when avenging. Let Him take care of it. We have more important things to concentrate
on. Loving Him and making
Disciples. Making our way Home through
our journey in life. A life with less stress,
more joy.
No “dead weight in my heart”.
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