Day 4: Overcoming Evil with Good
Reading: Romans 12:19-20 & Proverbs 25:21-22
The Church’s Response To God’s Grace is to Love and Serve its Local Community Unconditionally.
Devotional:
"Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God... if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink." These words present a radical approach to dealing with those who wrong us.
It's natural to want justice when we're wronged. But God calls us to a higher path - to trust Him with justice and to respond to evil with good. This doesn't mean we ignore wrongdoing but choose to respond in a way that reflects God's character rather than human nature.
It is good never to retaliate because if we repay evil for evil, we double it, adding a second evil to the first and so increasing the tally of evil in the world. It is even better to be positive, to bless, to do good, to seek peace, and to serve and convert our enemy because if we thus repay good for evil, we reduce…
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