Romans chapter twelve deals with
the subject of service. We are told in
verse one to present our bodies as a living sacrifice; while in verse two we
are given the task of not being conformed to this world, and in verse three we
are told to be humble. In verses four
through eight we are given the gifts of service; then beginning in verse nine
and going through verse twenty-one we are told how we are to conduct ourselves
as God’s servants.
We are told in particular in verse
nineteen that we are not to avenge ourselves.
When others mistreat us, we are to remember that we are not our own; and
we must not attempt to get even. I have
found that people retaliate for one of two reasons. First of all, people want to get even because
their pride has been injured; or secondly, they want others to experience the
same pain they have.
I read recently about a
four-year-old who was screaming at the top of his lungs. When his mother came running into the
bedroom, she found the boy’s two-year-old sister pulling his hair. The mother tried to calm down her
four-year-old son. To help him understand the situation she said, “Honey, your
little sister doesn’t know that hurts.”
✞ Pray for your enemies.
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