If you are against
yourself, you can't be in harmony with your self, God or others. And he
will often influence
others to thwart
you, to get you confused and feeling
down.
The way to 'get good' at
life is not just to receive
encouragement
and praise which does lift one up, but to learn to handle the discouragement
others bring your way. These are the tests of your character. They show
you
how real your love, your personality is, how solid you may be in the principles
you espouse.
There is something
that could help another, if the opportnity arises, that true Christians
should work hard to be good at.
It is wise to love your
enemies.
Why? And what if
they are selfish arrogant bullies?
Now if you are doing your
best in concern for your
enemies: Matthew 5:46;
Romans
12:17,19,20 "Recompense to no man evil for evil.(do
not be as harsh on him as he was on you; read next to see why).
Provide things honest
in the sight of all men. 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 you'll heap coals of fire on his head.(it
will wake him up)." Luke
18:7,8 "And shall not God avenge his own elect,
which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell
you that he will avenge them speedily....." Job
31:29,30; Proverbs 17:5;
1Corinthians
13:4-7), and things still do not get better
for you, well, that is good. The enemy
will change.(Proverbs
25:15) when the work upon
you for the time being is finished,
like it did for the fellow below:
Here we find a key from
Jacob, an Old Testament character.
The background
on this story:.Genesis
27:41-44; 29:4.
Jacob calls strangers, his
brothers – he was friendly and loving, emotional and affectionate 29:9-11;
33:4.
And the key (verse 10), where
Jacob looked beyond what his brother had done to him, seeing only God in
him. The hate in he who was against Jacob changes to affection for Jacob.
The
detailed story.
What if God wants our enemies
to overtake us?.Acts
17:26. Well, what if He does? God works in mysterious ways. God
will protect us if...
Understand that when we are
in a relationship with God, nothing will happen unless God wants
it:.Joshua
6:2;
10:1-14;
11:18-23;
12th
chapter.
The way an enemy might now
appear as he overtakes a nation, does not necessarily mean things won't
be better under his rule:.Genesis
50:20. Things may. And they may not. However, you can have confidence
that if you love God and are growing in Christ,
He is with you and will protect you (2Samuel
22:1-4;
Jeremiah 1:19; Luke
1:70,71), guide you in what to do (John
14:17,18; 16:13;
Mark
13:11) and look after those who may unnecessarily (Proverbs
11:8;
12:13) trouble you:.Romans
3:5; 12:19;
2Thessalonians
1:6; Hebrews 10:30,31; Galatians
5:10; Psalms 138:7.
We should be involved
as a nation to root out the
oppression
upon people everywhere it occurs, whether or not tyrants.acquiesce.
A nation without a
compassionate
heart is a nation unaligned with the way of love – God:.1John
4:8,16. Selfishness
will seal its deterioration.
But God always warns.
Wake up calls come first,
somehow. All wake up calls are for us to take heed
of how we have been doing.
Have we been upbuilding others,
or pursuing selfishness? Are we exporting goodness toward others, or garbage?
There is always something to learn if we are
on
the qui vive.
The United States originally
was devoted to
rooting
out conniving.oppressive
rulers, so peaceful people can freely live. However, the thrust has recently
changed. The United States has such a beautiful history story as depicted
on its dollar.
Canada, the British Isles
(Scotland, England, Ireland, etc.) and the United States are prominent
here. Many other like minded nations are working similarly.
There is history beyond the borders of these nations (as I am sure there
is about all other nations as well, but we focus upon these for now). Out
of a beautiful ancient lady, Rachel,
came two brothers, Ephraim and Manasseh.–.and
where
are they today?
The people of the British
Isles (whose
descendants
also
comprise
the majority of Canadians {French
Canadians?}) possess a special gift for diplomacy.as
has been evidenced in international dealings, a gift that has proven to
work especially well in conjunction
with American ingenuity
and aggressiveness for good.....continues
