Rom 12:21 “Be not overcome with
evil but overcome evil with good’
The word overcome means ‘to get the better of’ it means to
overwhelm, gain superiority or upper hand’
There is a way to overcome and overwhelm evil. God’s way is
the way of love and it’s the winning way.
1Cor.13 tells us that “love can endure everything without
weakening. Love never fails or fades out or comes to an end”.
How would you like to be on the side of something that never
fails at all times? If you stay on the side of love you will always win,
whether against the devil or human beings.
Natural human beings don’t have an answer to love. Please
know that God is not punishing us by asking us to love our neighbours but
rather He wants us to win all
the time. You hurt no one but yourself for not
loving and you also put yourself at a disadvantage. Instead of doing
tit-for-tat with a person who’s done you evil, you sputter the person with good.
When you do that you will always win, because love never fails, never fades or
becomes obsolete. There’s no weight that can crush love.
What gets us defeated is that we want to show the person
doing evil to us that two can play the game. It’s your own responsibility not
to let evil conquer you but conquer evil by always doing well. So, when evil is
being thrown at you, you do good, that’s practical love.
You have to decide if God’s way is worth it or not and then
make a decision. The worse the days get, the higher the demand for the walk of
love, it’s the only antidote to this world. The flood of adversity cannot
quench the force of love. No matter how fierce the opposition is, love will
bring it to its knees. You want to have overwhelming victories, walk in love
like you have never done.
We Christians do not seem to have problems loving
unbelievers but believers, why? We think he/she should know better. We begin to
reason things out. But reasoning is never spiritual, they are fleshly and
canal. Stop using your own maturity to judge others. We must let God’s love
flow from us. I must not have offence over people or walk in bitterness towards
them; but rather overcome evil with love. Jesus says “pray for your enemies
that you may be children of your farther who is in heaven”
Eph5:1 says “Be ye imitators of
God as dear children”
There will always be opportunities for strife and
contentions. It is not being weak to move away from situations that will cause
strife and bitterness. As you sense
those things coming, you must choose the side of good rather than the side of
strife.
1Peter 3:9 says “Never return evil for evil, insult for
insult”. It’s about time we start doing
the word of God and stop allowing the flesh to get the better of us, as far as
it depends on you live at peace with everyone, never avenge yourself but leave
the place open for God. Be quiet says the Lord.
When I pay evil for evil, insult for insult, I have lost the
right to take blessings from God. What will you rather lose? The blessing,
happiness and protection of God or just that moment of showing flesh?
The way to
overwhelming victory is the way of love. Choose to love. Apply yourself to
love. Let love get the better of you.
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