Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Isaiah 28-30, Matthew 5:27-48
Matthew 5:38-39
You have heard it said, ‘Eye for eye, & tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
This is just hard.
How badly to we want to fight back, to get even, to make that person feel or go through what they put us through. And yet we are commanded to ‘turn the other cheek,’ to ‘be the bigger person’ as some would say.
I don’t know that this comes easy to anyone & yet we are called to it. The thing is, this doesn’t just apply to our enemies. Are we quick to respond to our spouses, children, brothers & sisters, etc with harsh words or choose to not be kind in a response to a disagreement. When we can work within ourselves to respond in love to those we love, then we are a step closer to responding in kind to others around us.
Seeing as how this kind of response isn’t second nature, we need to be in constant communication with our Father. Take a step back from the situation, pause for a prayer & an attitude check & respond in a way that may be contrary to how we feel in the moment but in a way that we can look back on & not be ashamed of our actions.
Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Isaiah 31-33, Matthew 6:1-18
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