Devotional – Another battle won
APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH - Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
“Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.”
- Matthew 5:44
There was a time in my life when one of many trials came my way. An acquaintance accused me of something that I had not done. In fact, this person accused me of two different things, and I had done neither of them.
The more I thought about the accusations and the person who made them, the more they bothered me. Over a few months’ time, this turned into a large burden that I could not seem to gain the victory over. I had prayed many times about the problem, sometimes several times a day. However, it seemed the more I prayed, the larger the burden grew.
I became obsessed with my dilemma as I tried to figure it out by myself, even though I was also praying about it. The burden pressed down harder each day, and I began to fear that it might trouble my spirit enough to cause me to give up my faith in God. I kept thinking to myself, I really have to pray this thing through! Then I would cry out to God to help me.
One day as I was thinking about the situation, I realized that perhaps the person who had made the accusations really believed them to be true. A still, small Voice told me that I should pray for this person instead of just asking God to help me. As soon as I determined to do that, a peace came into my heart.
I sincerely asked God to help that person to do the right thing and to really have the Lord in his heart and life. God did just that!
As we travel the road to Heaven, Satan tries very hard to block us along the way and get us off the path. He wants us to have hate in our hearts, yet God’s Word tells us to “bless,” to “do good,” and to “pray” for those who seem to be our enemies. We need to stop and listen to the still, small voice of God. When we obey Him, He is more than willing to work on our behalf and give us peace in our souls.
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Brother /Sister you definitely got a second amen on that one, this short story has made me stronger in my belief pray for those than hurt us even when we feel like giving up just pray for those that wish us ill, thank you, thank you , thankyou I really needed that Today,
Amen and Amen.
Too many times I have been accused or judged wrongly and as you said I prayed for my accusors, and always in the end I was vindicated. There are persons who love nothing more than to make others unhappy because of their bitter state of life. I must tell everyone, if you know in your heart that you have done nothing wrong, then just leave it to God and you will be vindicated in the end.
I Grew up hearing my dear grandmother say “leave it to God” never understood then, but now I surely do.
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