Avenged

    Ever have the desire to thrust revenge upon someone who hurt you? You might be thinking, "Oh no, where is she going with this?" Let me tell you that it is something pretty dang good, something that I can't wait to share. We think of revenge as something negative, right? Well yeah, most of the time it is. Talking about someone behind their backs because they talked about you behind yours is not right. You might have that monster inside of you who wants to jump out in envy because you want to get back at someone for what they did.

But let's think, what good would that do? It wouldn't do any. So how can we twist this to tame that monster eating away at you? Think of it like this: the devil wants you to get revenge on the person who wronged you because it stirs up strife within causing dissention between the two of you and even within yourself because you start to have a hard time choosing right instead of wrong so you can please that desire. What if I told you there was another way to gratify it without being wrong in it? I believe that there is so hear me out.

    The devil is the one who is causing the problems in your life. He's the root of it all even though it is very easy to blame the person who did wrong because it happened by a choice they made, but we would please the devil even more if we gave into revenge, something he wants us to fall into, because it makes a little problem grow into a bigger problem. The Bible says in 2 Timothy 2:23-25, "Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth."

    He also says in Proverbs 10:12, "Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses." Revenge is a sign of hatred. So instead of being revengeful towards those who you are supposed to love be revengeful toward the one you're actually allowed to despise and hate with all of your heart. Avenge yourself by not taking the matter into your own hands. Let God handle the judgement of other people because when we "try" to take over His job we will end up being the one who will be judged for how we handled it and we'll make a little problem bigger. Strike revenge on the devil by not falling into his tricks.