REVENGE CAN BE BITTERSWEET ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE EXECUTING IT. BUT BE SURE THAT YOU ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE FACT, THAT GOD GETS ANGRY WHEN WE GO BEFORE HIS WILL FOR US AND TRY AND EXACT REVENGE ON OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. BECAUSE HIS REVENGE IS BETTER; IT’S DONE OUT OF LOVE, RESULTING IN, IN ALL CASES, A POSITIVE RESULT.
We cannot be a revengeful person and expect to walk circumspectly (in a careful and prudent way) with God. It just can’t be done. It becomes an overpowering disease of the mind, soul, and heart as we engage in the practice of finding ways to punish the one who hurt us. And yes, the full circle of being hurt (along with anger) must be brought to completion, but in the process we must not allow bad fruit to grow by patronizing oneself. (Job 31:27-31 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied).
So, if any of us harbor hate in our hearts and expect to see the full revelation of our abundant life, in Christ, we need to stop expecting and start doing some serious repenting to God, through Christ: time to ask for forgiveness of your sin of not going to God but trying to get revenge on someone. (Romans 12:19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord). (Job 31:29
There is coming, a time, when those who walk contrary to God’s will are going to understand what He meant when He said “judge not lest you be judge and the amount you put out, is what will come back to you.” These are people who want to have center stage in everything, thinking that the world owes them, yet they have nothing good to contribute to the world. So, they judge, hate, criticize, lie, cheat, steal, miss use and abuse God’s will, (He has given them), toward others, in the name of Jesus: thinking the way a person’s style of life, (seen through their eyes), is as they see them. Most of us fail, by choice, to see the many sins we commit daily but find it necessary to point out sins committed against them by others. We must be very careful of pronouncing judgement on others because all will be judged according to how they judged others. (Matthew 7:1-3 7 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?)
When a person gets to the point of self-appointed perfection, they surely cannot see their mistakes. And as they progress through life it becomes harder and harder to differentiate (for those who have had a misguided beginning in and of God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost) between what we (as His children) are to speak, do, act; not only in our everyday life but also with judgement of one another and then exacting revenge. These are the ones who carry anger and the plot for revenge, around like a banner of victory, over the ones who hurt and mistreat them; who dig ditches, so deep, for others to fall in; who play holier than thou through works of the flesh (materialistic memorabilia posted all in our homes, around our necks, and bumper stickers on our cars) for man to see and be at awe; who plays the victim in every situation or circumstances, although they are the reason for most of them; who have, and entertain thoughts of doing evil for revenge, thinking they are righteous for doing so, yet not waiting for God to walk them through; who criticize, and jeopardize the possibility of others to see the Light (Jesus), that supposed to shine in all of God’s true children, so they can become committed to the example of and come to Christ. When Jesus came, He introduced every man and woman to a life which runs in total opposition of our emotional state and reactions (which are often vague and irrational); one that is totally different than our insistence on acting or doing something quickly and without thought or care. This introduction did not include revenge on one another.
Jesus’ way is the only righteous way. But there are those who do not care about the consequences they help to bring on, through their inward and outward works. They know that their hearts and guidance to others, are not rooted in Christ nor set on the foundation of God’s love. And the aiding and abetting they give, for the ones they are so-called looking out for, is simply wrong. The premise on which they do it has so specific value to them, but it has a deflating spiritual value for the one they offer to help. The devasting outcome from it is that it creates an open door for the enemy to come in and deliver all the negative responses which cause avalanches of conflicts, confusions, and contrary actions, to both, to come through. And all was done simply to please man not to mention our own hateful, selfish, greedy, irresponsible selves. This type of selfish, self-centered thinking and acting shows that we have chosen and allowed a hate, (one that burns without a valid reason but because someone said it should, we exercise it) toward those we did not and do not understand nor cared to get to know to come in, with a vengeance. (Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord). Vengeance destroys the very fabric of righteousness and all the good fruits God placed in us because of Jesus: YHWH, God, knows us all. And with His love, wisdom, unlimited knowledge, and understanding He will pay and repay.
In Jesus’ name I pray for wisdom, knowledge, and the understanding of all that He allow us to go through. We can all be assured, that God is going to stand up, one day and all those who sat in church or walk among your peers, or out in society, or anywhere for that matter and confess to be His child, with a haughty attitude of holiness, (unless they repent with a restored heart and mind), are going to sit down; down with all the contrary, ungodly, self-righteous, stupidity and ignorance, that we have allowed and still are allowing, to creep into our minds and hearts; all the bad and rotten fruit that has grown over the years will be exposed. And others will see us for who we really are and all the unnecessary intentional hurt and pain we have caused one another will be judged. (Luke 6:43-45 (NIV) 43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. GODS GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.