Matthew 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Instead of tracking a belligerent course using tit for tat ways and means, the Christian must do as Jesus would do and defer his/her actions and decisions to God by saying: “Not my will but thy will be done. Speaking of “The Officer” this past week, I was on the Palmetto Expressway, turning onto 67th Ave and when the traffic light turned green, I observed that the driver of an SUV was driving aggressively, and he almost hit another driver in a Lexus.
The other driver didn’t take kindly to the bad drive and he immediately tried to force his way into the SUV, as he pulled suddenly in front of the first driver and slammed on his brakes. I’m there in my truck thinking that they are probably living in survival mode, for neither seemed willing to give an inch.
As I kept observing the escalation, the driver in the SUV turned on his red and blue lights and demanded that the driver in the Lexus stop. The rest is history, for the driver in the SUV was a cop. In surrender mode, the Christian facing similar situations would defer to God’s methods of dealing with aggravations and would extend an olive branch by not retaliating in the same currency.
Matthew 5;Matthew 5: 20 For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!