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?
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