Vengeance Belongs to God

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves … : for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will

              repay saith the Lord.”

                                 Romans 12:19

In the world that we live today, often we will come across people who would hurt us so bad that we think it is impossible to forgive them. We might even meet people who despitefully make use of us for their own advantage and people who are filled with bitterness, hatred, anger, jealousy and despise us for no reason. If at this moment you can think of someone, do not worry. This is something we cannot avoid.

There are times when we may have not done anything to them, yet they hurt us badly. Usually, we think it is right to give them a piece of our mind, throw some hurtful words back to them or do the same thing or even worst things to them so that they would know what it feels like. If these thoughts have crossed your mind, I would advise you to delete it!

This is because one thing I have learnt over the years is that God doesn’t want us to avenge ourselves. He has clearly said it in the verse above. “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves…” Do not take revenge against anyone no matter what they have done to you. The above verse is a great and powerful verse which we have to hold on. God tells us that He will keep the account of what our enemies do to us and He will repay. We must believe in His words and forgive our enemies. As what T.D. Jakes says, “Let it go!”.

Never have anger, hatred, bitterness or grievance towards anyone in our hearts. Remember that God dwells in our hearts so it is important that it is clean our hearts of any kind of ‘rubbish’. Let it all go. No doubt it is easier said than done, but once you have tried and see the result, it wouldn’t be a struggle in future. Just trust in His words and it will come to pass.

Remember that, when God avenges, it is a dangerous thing. So next time when someone do you wrong, forgive, let it go and move forward. He keeps the account. Why do we worry what people say about us, or do to us? God has said that He will prepare a table for us in the presence of our enemies.

He will settle the account one day! Just trust in Him and continue to do good to everyone. He is a fair God.