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Who is truly your enemy?
Posted by Lev/Christopher on June 8, 2009 at 1:35am
in Inspirations / Devotionals
Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
A story is told of Peter Miller, a plain Baptist preacher of Pennsylvania, in the days of the Revolutionary War. Near his church, lived a man who maligned the pastor to the last degree. The man became involved in treason and was arrested and sentenced to be hanged. The preacher started out on foot and walked the entire way to Philadelphia roughly seventy miles away to plead for the man’s life. George Washington heard his plea, but he said, “No, your plea for your friend cannot be granted.” “My friend!” said the preacher. “He is the worst enemy I have.” What!” said Washington, “you have walked nearly seventy miles to save the life of an enemy? That puts the matter in a different light. I will grant the pardon.”
Like this precious pastor, although we don’t go out looking for enemies, we somehow seem to acquire them just by doing the work of Yahweh! This ministry has been under relentless attack, culminating in a large website which has as its sole purpose to defame, libel and destroy. It succeeded in wrecking havoc in my family. We have had our email and IM accounts hacked into - we know, we have seen the proof and we know that the man who insisted that he had NOT hacked into our IM's and emails and who started this big anti-site was, and is, a liar. There are people out there devoting most of their spare time trying to hack into our ISPs - in 2005 they succeeded (when we had a vulnerable system) and we were offline for 2 years. And they're still doing it - we caught some hackers red-handed breaking into our email a few weeks ago, no doubt looking for anything they could to discredit us. People have asked why we don't prosecute those who have maligned us on the internet with their lie-filled website and we tell them that Yahweh told us three years ago that He would fell them in His own time and way. In fact, two days ago He showed me a vision to indicate that he had not forgotten His promise. He's on schedule and will do what He said He would do once He has accomplished His purpose.
Often we ask ourselves: why do I deserve this? I know I did when it cost me a marriage. I'm sure many of you are experiencing your share of enemy assaults too and can relate to what I'm saying! But how should we react to these assailants? Should we curse them and hunt them down to get our revenge? This pastor had every earthly right to be satisfied with this man's sentence. After all, this man probably destroyed his reputation -- perhaps even his entire ministry! But this wise pastor saw right through the man. He realized that the offense committed did not originate with the man who slandered him. This man was merely a pawn in the hands of a cruel and crafty adversary, satan himself. Clearly, it's our ultimate enemy, satan, who is out to slander us, to steal from us, hurt us, lie, kill and destroy us and he'll use any means possible to do it.
In the same way, we must realize who is truly our enemy and come against him the best way we can -- determine to press forward for Yahweh's Kingdom even more than before!
When we strive to do the work of Yahweh, we will undoubtedly gain some enemies! But we must ambush our archenemy who is manipulating these people and situations! How? By praying more! Learning the word more! Sharing the Gospel more! Forgiving more! Becoming wiser and stronger in Yahweh! Becoming more like Yah'shua! Press forward toward the Kingdom of Yahweh today -- your great reward will be with Him!
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Reply by Lev/Christopher on June 8, 2009 at 11:35am
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