should I fight for justice? Or should I turn the other cheek? Since the problem involved fellow brothers and sisters in Christ I wondered what God expected me to do.
I got a lot of council over the subject from people I trust very much including my parents and sister. All the things that they told me were completely true, yet some of it I couldn't gain up the courage to do. I thought it was because I was weak willed, but God revealed to me something amazing.
I had taken the advice to call up the people and correct them for the wrong they had done to me, and on top of that everyone was telling me I needed to let them feel the consequences of their actions by not complying anymore and walking away. God had told me that I had every right to correct my brother and sister in Christ but I have no right to judge and condemn them of punishment. Scripture tells us again and again this is wrong.
"'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Romans 12:19
Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.
Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
As I read in 1 Corinthians 4 I found a way of living as I ought to have, a fool for Christ. To others the decision to continue on instead of walking away will be taken as the most foolish thing I've ever done. But I do not live to please men. I live to please my God and this is what he asks of me.
Galations 1:10
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
My life is not to be envied for having it easy, I am meant to show the beauty of a life that is selfless, forgiving, merciful, loving, and full of Grace. It isn't an easy life, it is a life worth living and worth dying for.
I am a servant of Christ, pleaser of my God. He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I out my trust. May all the glory be to Christ Jesus my Lord.
