Have you ever wanted to hurt someone? I mean someone who has hurt you or done you wrong in some way. Come on now, be honest. Almost everyone at some time has wanted to inflict pain upon those that either hurt us or someone we care for. We have in us the God given desire for justice that we in our carnality can misplace.
I remember going through many times in my life that people had done wrong to me in some way or another. I, in my hurt and pain would imagine somehow getting even with those people or that somehow they would get what they deserved. The truth is all I wanted was justice. All I wanted was for those people that I felt shouldn't have done the things they did to me, to feel the hurt and pain that I was. I wanted them to know they had hurt me and be sorry for it. The reality is that may never happen. The other reality is that if we do not learn to deal with that reality, then those people will always have control of that part of our lives.
Consider what Romans 12:19 says, " Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord".
I read a saying that went like this, " He who angers you, owns you " (author unknown). It is true if you think about it. Every time you think about that person and what they did, you are allowing it to dictate and determine how you feel and your attitude, thereby controlling you. I have just finished reading a novel where the main character survived and won his battles because he never lost his cool, he never acted upon his emotions, and he out thought his opponents. This is kind of how we have to deal with situations. We have to control our emotions, not our emotions controlling us. God gave us emotions to be regarded in that aspect. We don't necessarily have to out think someone, but understand and act upon what we know God would think.
One thing we must learn and keep in our thinking is that whoever it is that is doing us wrong are not the ones we are in conflict with.
Ephesians 6:12 says, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places".
Jesus knew this as He was on His journey to the cross. Satan had caused great hurt and pain to God through his deception of Adam and Eve. Satan know held ownership to God's greatest creation, us. Many people ask why God didn't just put and end to Satan or Lucifer as he was known then and set everything right. If He had done that, which He very well could have and had the power to do, then God would have been wrong and negated His word and that which He spoke into existence. Jesus was the one who brought justice to the world, but not in the aspect we think. He paid the price for our souls and went to hell in our place. Satan accepted Jesus as the sacrifice thinking he had won. The catch was that Jesus was paying a price He did not owe. He was sinless and blameless. Now it was time for justice.
Colossians 2:15 says, " And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it ".
Jesus inflicted a little pain upon Satan and his demons. He defeated them and took ownership of his domain. Jesus took the keys to death, hell, and the grave. When you have the keys to something, that usually means you own it. Jesus then gave the power of that victory to us.
Luke 10:19 says, " Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you".
We now have the power over Satan and his demons. The only way he can attempt to have power over us is by using other people to hurt us. The only way that can happen is if we allow it. We allow Satan control by holding on to the hurts and pains from others. It is not an easy thing to do, to look past the person to see the evil force behind their actions, but it can be done. Jesus inflicted pain upon Satan when He defeated him at the cross, now we can inflict pain upon him by defeating him in our daily lives. Gird yourselves up. Begin to walk in the Spirit and love of God and inflict the pain.
In Christ, Kevin
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