Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach.
Don't you just love it when there is no mistake that God has spoken directly to you regarding a need? I just want to say THANK YOU Lord for your word. It speaks to all things that this world and the enemy of our soul can dish. Praise the Lord.
Playwright and US Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) once said, “No good deed goes unpunished.” Sadly, it sometimes seems as if this aphorism is true.
David, soon to be king of Israel, had an experience that corroborates this idea. While hiding from Saul, he and his men watched over the property of a rich landowner named Nabal. But later, when David asked a favor of Nabal, he was met with scorn. “Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has,” said David. “He has repaid me evil for good” (1 Sam. 25:21).
Before David could carry out revenge, Nabal’s wife intervened and kept David from acting rashly. Soon, God struck Nabal dead (v.38). Then David praised God for keeping him from evil and for returning “the wickedness of Nabal on his own head” (v.39).
Perhaps you’ve had an experience when kindness was repaid with ingratitude, a generous gift was treated as an entitlement, kind actions were interpreted as an attempt to control, or well-intended advice was received with scorn.
David’s story reminds us that even when it seems as if we’re being repaid with evil for doing good, we don’t have to take matters into our own hands; we can trust God with the outcome.
This is my Father’s world
O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
1 comment:
God will always fight our battles for us. We never have to do a thing when God is in control. Keep the Faith, sista.....the end is just in sight!
And good news....with the Lord on our side......we will!!!!!!
Do right, and God will always come through!!!!!!
We are in this together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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