Memorise: Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place
unto wrath: for it is written, vengeance is mine; I will
repay, saith the Lord. Romans 12:19
Many
passages of the Bible reiterate the fact that vengeance belongs to God alone.
Because vengeance belongs to the Lord, it is His right to execute it. He said
in Romans 12:19, “Vengeance
is mine, saith the Lord.” Deuteronomy
32:35 also says, “To me belongs vengeance”. Even Psalms 94:1 says, “O Lord God, to
whom vengeance belongs, show thyself.” God’s people are not to avenge
themselves; especially when He makes use of them as His instruments. God must
be seen as the one in action, personalities involved should assume the position
of an ordinary instrument in the hand of the Almighty. Romans 12:19 says:
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath:
for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
We as
children of God must never make any move to avenge ourselves under any
circumstance. You can be sure that God will surely fight on your behalf
according to His word. God will avenge His people upon their adversaries; He
will not allow any unrepentant sinner to go unpunished. You must know that God
does not want the death of any sinner; therefore, He will make ways for
repentance by making a reasonably long period of grace available to sinners and
adversaries alike. But you can be sure that at the right time, He will make
good His promises to His people, and they will be avenged of their enemies.
But, because His mercy endures forever, He will even spend several warnings to
the enemies to prompt them towards repentance as recorded in Isaiah 47:3:
“Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will
take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.”
But let
enemies not be encouraged by this to continue in wickedness, because God will
surely avenge His elect, because they are so near and dear to Him. God has
always been a witness to the rage and oppression of the enemies; He is a quiet
listener to the threatening and arrogant boastings of these enemies. It does
not please any father to watch his dear children being tormented, beaten, enslaved,
burned alive, and killed, before his eyes. We are His beloved; He suffered and
died by carrying out the ultimate sacrifice of our sakes.
The compassionates and tender heart of a husband toward his betrothed wife cannot be over emphasized. Our heavenly Father is always sharing in our affliction, and bitterness of soul, every time any of His children is being brutalized. God will avenge His own elect to convince the world of how grievous it has been for Him to behold all the violence and cruelty wicked men have done unto His own people.
God will
avenge His people because the days of the wicked must end, and the days of the
saints must begin. Also, because the harvest of the prayers and cries of God’s
elect is now ripe. Your deliverance is here, you can begin to celebrate Jesus.
Praise God!
Prayer Point: Father, from today, I will stay quiet and watch You avenge
me.
Bible in one year: 1st Chronicles 28-29, Proverbs 30:7-17
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