MARCH 21 – LEARN TO OVERLOOK OFFENSES

“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense” 

Proverbs 19:11 (NIV).

To offend is to cause displeasure, wounded feeling, anger, resentment, or repugnance in another. Offenses serve as hindrances to your blessed life. Many have been hurt one way or the other through offenses, and sometimes, it comes from those you care about so much. As the Bible says, a man’s enemies are those of his own household (Matthew 10:36). Satan, the accuser of the brethren will not use a remote person to hurt you, since it will not really matter to you. He will use someone very close to you: it could be your spouse, children, friends, and so on. I made a personal choice to overlook offenses because that is the high way of God. In Matthew 18:5-6, the Bible says, “And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea” (KJV). The judgment of God has already been pronounced on those who will offend us. This is the reason why God says to overlook offenses. Do not try to avenge your enemies, for the Lord says, “Vengeance is mine and I will repay.” (Romans 12:19). Caution! Since you know the kind of punishment that shall come upon them that offend, you have the insight to plead the mercy of God for those who have offended you. Moses did it for Miriam (Numbers 12:13). Our obedience causes us to walk in victory, for the Lord said, the battle is His and He will fight for us; we just have to hold our peace. (Exodus 14:14). Woe to the world on account of offenses, meaning believers should be more attentive and watchful in guarding against offenses, so that Satan may not gain advantage over us through our lack of vigilance. 

PRAYER

Dear Father, I thank you that I have great peace because I love your Word and nothing shall offend me in the name of the Lord Jesus. (Psalms 119:165).

WISDOM NUGGET

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.” 1 Peter 5:8,9 (KJV)

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