What Goes Around, Comes Around – The Saturday Morning Post

Today’s Passage – Judges 1 – 3 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – Click here to view the passage from Blue Letter Bible)

(Second Milers also read – Hebrews 10 – 13; Proverbs 20; Psalms 96 – 100

Read the “0320 Evening and Morning” devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

“And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.” (Judges 1:3-7)

Good morning. Meet Adonibezek. He cut off the thumbs and big toes of 70 kings. When God sent Judah, with Simeon to help, they fought with him and caught Adonibezek, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. Then Adonibezek confessed, “…as I have done, so God hath requited me.” What did the LORD say…

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12)

So if you cut off someone’s thumbs and big toes, you should expect someone to do that to you. You can bully others, or you can show them the love of Jesus…

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 19-21)

When somebody wrongs you, do you really want the wrath of God to fall on them? He knows what they did to you, and He will repay them. Vengeance belongs to God, not you. The only way to overcome evil is with good. By doing good you will heap coals of fire on their heads; sometimes they need to feel the heat before they will repent. The outcome will be much better if you allow God to handle it.

Peace.