React With Love
"When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats."
1st Peter 2:23
In almost any newspaper there are front page stories where people have become enraged and committed violent acts against someone, because they think they have been harmed. Our society has become one where people do not allow anyone to say or do anything against them without some kind of retaliation. In the Bible God instructs us to turn the other cheek when someone does something to hurt us, and not to return violence for violence. Jesus and all His apostles set the example for us, as they had insults and threats made against them throughout their ministries, but they did not retaliate or return violence in any way against their accusers. However, if someone even cuts us off in traffic today, we are blowing our horns and wanting to get even for even these simple things. We even see fights at little league baseball games where a player might be called out at home plate over a disputed call. Many of these are the same people that are at church on Sunday morning singing Amazing Grace, that let their anger get the best of them. They are ready to do violence against the person who cut them off in traffic, or against the referee who made the call on their son at the ballgame. This is not the kind of Christian God wants you to be. The Bible tells us to love one another, and God even gave us His number one commandment to remind us of this. So if today someone cuts you off in traffic, don't react with anger, and want to retaliate, but rather say a simple prayer for the person. God does not want you to react with anger but with love.
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