Memorise: Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give
please unto wrath:
Read: Ezekiel 25:12-14, 12 Thus saith the Lord God;
Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance,
and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
13 Therefore
thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will
cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they
of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
14 And I
will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall
do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall
know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.
Bible in one year: 1st Chronicles 28-29, Proverbs 30:7-17
MESSAGE
Many passages of the Bible
reiterate the fact that vengeance belongs to God alone. Because vengeance
belongs to the Lord, it is His right to execute it. He said in Romans 12:19, “Vengeance is mine, saith
the Lord.” Deuteronomy 32:35 also
says, “To me belongs vengeance”. Even Psalms
94:1 says, “O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs, show thyself.” God’s
people are not to avenge themselves; especially when He makes use of them as
His instruments. God must be seen as the one in action, personalities involved
should assume the position of an ordinary instrument in the hand of the
Almighty. Romans 12:19 says:
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give
place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the
Lord.”
We as children of God must never
make any move to avenge ourselves under any circumstance. You can be sure that
God will surely fight on your behalf according to His word. God will avenge His
people upon their adversaries; He will not allow any unrepentant sinner to go
unpunished. You must know that God does not want the death of any sinner;
therefore, He will make ways for repentance by making a reasonably long period
of grace available to sinners and adversaries alike. But you can be sure that
at the right time, He will make good His promises to His people, and they will
be avenged of their enemies. But, because His mercy endures forever, He will
even spend several warnings to the enemies to prompt them towards repentance as
recorded in Isaiah 47:3:
“Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall
be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.”
But let enemies not be encouraged
by this to continue in wickedness, because God will surely avenge His elect, because
they are so near and dear to Him. God has always been a witness to the rage and
oppression of the enemies; He is a quiet listener to the threatening and
arrogant boastings of these enemies. It does not please any father to watch his
dear children being tormented, beaten, enslaved, burned alive, and killed,
before his eyes. We are His beloved; He suffered and died by carrying out the
ultimate sacrifice of our sakes. The compassionates and tender heart of a
husband toward his betrothed wife cannot be over emphasized. Our heavenly
Father is always sharing in our affliction, and bitterness of soul, every time
any of His children is being brutalized. God will avenge His own elect to
convince the world of how grievous it has been for Him to behold all the violence
and cruelty wicked men have done unto His own people.
God will avenge His people
because the days of the wicked must end, and the days of the saints must begin.
Also, because the harvest of the prayers and cries of God’s elect is now ripe.
Your deliverance is here, you can begin to celebrate Jesus. Praise God!
Prayer Point
Father, from today, I will stay quiet and watch You avenge me.
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