Friedrich Nietzshe once said, “Revenge is the greatest instinct in the human race.”
Think of all the people who were revengeful: Cain, Absalom, King Saul, Ahab, Jezebel, the princes who lied about Daniel, and the list goes on and on. We are a revengeful people.
There was a guy that could not get along with his wife and, on top of that, he couldn't get along with his mother-in-law. In frustration one day, he finally took a long walk. As he was about to return home, he got to the street corner and saw a hearse pull up to the stop sign. It had a big dog in it. Behind that was another hearse. And then behind that second hearse, about fifty men were walking. He was seized with curiosity and walked up to the first hearse, knocked on the glass and the guy inside rolled his window down, “Yes?” he asked. “What is this?” asked the man.
“Well, in this casket is my wife. And in that casket in the other hearse is my mother-in-law. This big dog killed both of them.”
“Hmm. Can I borrow that dog?”
And the guy inside said, “Get in line.”
Now, while we would never take the life of another person, it doesn’t seem to bother some to take revenge by slandering their good name. So let’s each ask God to help us have victory over a revengeful spirit. Amen!
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Ask God to help you never to be filled with revenge.
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