Do Right!

Do Right!

Leviticus 19:18 KJV

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

Let us break these words down: 'Thou shalt Not avenge'. There is really no other way to make this clearer or lay out its impact more pronounced than to establish the identity of the one making the statement. For every instruction God gives, there are blessings for obedience and punishment for disobedience. God never wastes words so you can rest assured that every word spoken by Him has the backing of His name,  and He will make sure that His words all come to pass. So, what is the warning here?: Do Not Avenge. If we search our hearts sincerely, have we not been a bit happy and 'justified" when people who did something bad to us met with a bad incident sometime later? 

We did not pray that they should go through such terrible experiences, but we also did not pray that they shouldn't either. We need to keep God's searchlight over our hearts constantly so he can keep cleansing us of evil thoughts. God judges our intentions and motives and he cannot be deceived by the external. You may say you do not avenge evil done towards you by others but what about bearing grudges? Do you know that there is a silent poison that seeks to pollute the church today and it is this silent malice or the superiority complex.  Someone does something to us, and rather than call the person in order to understand the motives or intentions behind their actions, we presume we know why and we react accordingly. 

We seek to play God in their lives, nterpreting other people's intentions and motives, forgetting that this is God's prerogative. God goes a step further to underline the importance of NOT bearing grudges in Matthew 5:23-24 KJV, where He says: 'Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift'. 

When next you think that God appreciates your fat tithes, you will do well to remember that God accepted Abel first, before accepting his offering. He rejected Cain first, before rejecting his offering. Your life and eternity are much more important than what you own or hold now. Get your priorities right. God's time of favour is here.