November 26
Stewing in your own juice is a recipe for heartburn! Even if you have a justification for your irritation, it is unwise and unhealthy to indulge the kind of emotion that stirs up negativity within. The Lord’s counsel is that we love our enemies and do good to those who despitefully use us (Luke 6:27).
Before we can love our enemies, we must follow another scriptural admonition, that being, “Cease from anger and forsake wrath, fret not yourself; it tends only to evildoing” Psalm 37:8. The Lord understands our emotional make-up and He knows our proclivity to seek revenge when we feel we’ve been wronged.
He also knows that the world’s way of dealing with perceived slights and hurts is good for nothing but perpetuating anger, hard feelings, and an endless round of attempting to get even. Long after the original reason for the breach that now exists has been forgotten, the endless striving for retribution goes on.
But if we can appropriate the Lord’s counsel in the matter, we will release anger. We will not fret about the wrong that was done against us. We will not allow the anger to seethe and fester until we’re plotting revenge. Once we resolve to let go of all negativity, we can get on with the Lord’s admonition to love!
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