V1:
Vengeance belongs to God.
This is a simple Truth, but we fail to understand.many times.
Lets turn to Romans 12:19
19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,”[a] says the Lord. 20 Therefore
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”[b]
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”[b]
God says -- Vengeance is Mine.
Vengeance means in simple words Revenge.
so, to whom belongs Vengeance.. It belongs to God.
God has not given authority for man to take revenge. He says It is Mine.
He did not say its yours. or its ours.
But He says "Its Mine."
What belongs to Him, should be Him alone.
But what we do is We say it is ours also.
When some honks on the road, you say Revenge is MINE.
when boss takes on you, you might say Revenge is MINE.
when your wife or husband does some thing to you, you say now its my turn , Revenge is MINE.
we try to remember what harm others did for us and then when time and opportunity comes, we remember that and give it back by a word or deed.
we don't forget easily.
One day a pastor in phillipines , he hwas burdenend heavily because of a secret sin that he committed in bible college. he asked forgivness but he couldnot get the sense of Gods forgiveness.
in his congregation there is this woman who speaks to Christ in visions.
so this pastor went to that woman and asked next time when you have talk to Christ in vision, ask what sin did your pastor committed when he was in bible college. she said okay.
so after few weeks he met her again and asked did you speak to Christ in Vision. she said Yes.
did you ask what sin i committed in bible college. yes i asked.
what did he say?
Christ said: "I don't remember"
we should believe the Word of God.
We read the Word a lot, we quote the Word a lot, but sometimes we miss the point of believing it.
When situations come, it is not easy to keep quiet, but
this christian life is like that.
it is always by Faith and not by sight.
Your Faith is this: that you believe that God said Revenge is MINE and i believe it.
When we try to take Revenge, what we are doing is trying to fight evil with evil.
Never use ungodly methods to fight evil.
when you use evil to fight evil, what you are doing is going down to the level of the evil person.
But God has seated us in heavenly places.
but when you forgive and give God the room to do the work, you have raised the bar.
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V 4, V 5
Utter Speech and Speak Insolent things.
They boast in themselves.
Who can control this tongue.
it boasts a lot. it does utter speech, it speaks insolent things.
The bible says life and death are int he power of the tongue.
as i shared sometime back, if you ask anyone what is your life and death issue, some may say getting job right now is life an death issue or getting married is life and death issue.
but you will rarely see some one saying using my tongue is life and death issue.
some times we speak lot of boastful things.
some times we speak words that hurt others. and we say i am just kidding .
sometime back pastor was sharing a message in cherry hill, in which he said there is nothing like just kidding. whatever is in your heart, it will come out.
even if you say just joking or just kidding, but whats in your heart comes out.
Proverbs 18,19:
Your Speech matters.
Remember if there is one thing that gives either Life or Death is the Power that is generated from this tongue. Use it for the Glory of God.
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V 8,9,10
Understand, you senseless among the people.
He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye,shall He not see?
He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct .
Too often we live to please others.
We live in whether other people are hearing me or not?
we behave whether others eyes or seeing or not
we are so concerned about others.
But we rarely give a thought, shall He not hear what we say?
shall He not see what we do?
Be wise, always consider that God is hearing and looking at me.
Today are you struggling from restlessness, is revenge heavy on your mind for what others did to you?
are you restless because of your speech?
are you restless because of what others saying about you, and the way others are looking at you?
the word says in v12.
Blessed is the man whom You instruct O Lord, and teach out of Your law.
That You may give him rest from the days of adversity?
The True Rest for a believer is when you take the instruction from God and live obediently you have rest.
