Reminiscing
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Here's the verse that stood out to me from Ch 20:
22 Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!"
Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
Lord knows there's someone who has done me SO WRONG, but in this season I believe the Lord is showing me how to forgive him (even though this person doesn't even think he's done anything wrong) and watch HIM handle it. As my best friend told me right after the worst incident "let your Father handle it."
I am waiting on the Lord, and confident that vengeance is His, and He will execute it in His perfect timing. Oh, I guess I shouldn't be gloating. In my defense I am praying for forgiveness every day.
Butterfly- I completely understand you on this. Sometimes our enemies fight us so hard that when God steps in and we become victorious how can we NOT smile? It's hard not to want to see that person suffer as much as we did. I can't lie there have been a few times when I sat back and smiled when my enemies fell, even got a good laugh in too , but the Word speaks against it in Chapter 24...
17 Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall;
don’t be happy when they stumble.
18 For the Lord will be displeased with you
and will turn his anger away from them.
Verse 18 is what we need to remember. We don't want to lose our blessing because we failed to remain humble. I would hate for God to turn the anger that he had for my enemies onto me. That is not a good look! I think it's ok for us to be relieved and feel victorious that we have won the battle but we'll have to keep the gloating to a minimum. The most I do nowadays is just shake my head and say my favorite line "God don't like ugly" then I keep it moving.