He feels my hurt!
Verse for Today: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Psalms
105:15 – “Do not touch My anointed ones; do My prophets no harm.”
Those who heap atrocities on God’s people really hurt
God to whom His children are precious. He feels our pain and will react in His
mighty way. God has announced and commanded that no one should touch His
anointed ones who are bought with the highest price. They are purchased by the
blood of the Lamb shed on Calvary. They are anointed with the Spirit of God.
God has appointed His prophets to foretell and forthtell His Word to His people
and to the world. These prophets are rewarded for their labor by God from His
resources. Their mandate is divine and they are sent with special mission. God’s
people are the body of Christ, the Church. When the world touches His children,
they are touching the body of Christ which is felt by the head who is Christ.
That’s why He has commanded everyone not to hurt His children and His prophets.
But if they touch us, God will not watch inactively. He will definitely respond
in kind. He knows what punishment is appropriate to those who hurt His children
and disrupt their life and ministry. Sadly the enemy of our soul uses people to
hurt us and level all sorts of atrocities against us. But God will come back to
strike these enemies of ours. If we look at history, all who have ever hurt
God’s children have received severe punishment. During the Old Testament times,
often they were instantly dealt with. Today God is dealing with those who hurt
us in various ways. In some cases like that of Saul of Tarsus, God gives them time
to repent and come to His fold. Those who do not repent will definitely be made
accountable. We do not need to take revenge on them, but are instructed to wait
for God to handle it Himself.
Dear friend, are you being continuously hurt by
those around you for your stand for God? Are you facing ridicule, mockery,
threat or bias in the work place, ill-treatment, false accusations and
deprivation from the hands of the people around you? Sometimes you might find
the hurt far too much for you to endure. But your Lord is seeing all of these
atrocities leveled against you and He is aware of the extent to which you are
feeling the hurt and loss of various kinds. He is not inactive, but is only
waiting for them to repent. If they don’t repent, He will definitely act before
it is too late. But He wants you to rejoice when you are hurt because it is a
great privilege to suffer such physical, mental and economic atrocities from
the hands of the Lord’s enemies. Today the Lord reminds us that He is working
behind the scene to handle these agents of iniquities and will discipline them
with an iron scepter. They do not know that He is a consuming fire and it is dangerous
to fall into His hands. Potiphar had to serve Joseph who was cruelly punished
by him a few years back. All the enemies of David had to pay a heavy price for
hurting and chasing him. God dealt with Amalekites, Amorites, Midianites,
Moabites and all other nations which bruised God’s people. Let all God’s people
beware not to become instruments in the hands of the enemy to hurt His
children! Dear friend, if you are hurt by the enemies around you, you should
pray not to fall into discouragement or impatience, but to keep trusting in God
to keep going. God will deal with the enemies and make them accountable. But we
can march forward rejoicing because our reward for patience will be great in
His presence. We do not need to prove any of the enemy’s falsehood against us
because the Lord knows the truth and that is what matters most. Let us keep
going in His power and strength and look unto our Lord for comfort and hope.
Zechariah 2:8b – For whoever touches you touches
the apple of His eye.
Thought for Today
When the body of Christ is
abused, Christ the head will feel the pain.
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