Battling with Your Enemies?

(Book of Deutoronomy)

SCRIPTURE READS: "Do not fear your enemy- instead deliver them unto the Lord and he will inflict proper justice upon them."

This scripture backs the phrase that we have heard many times... "Just Give It To God."
I believe that this is important for keeping your stress level lower and for keeping revenge or self pursued justice in check. This is one of my favorite scriptures because I have lived a situation where this one was very important to me...

MY STORY: One time in my life, there was a group of two or three malicious individuals in my life. These individuals were ones that unfortunately I could not choose to just "banish" from my life. I worked with them, so without quitting my job, I was stuck dealing with it. These people were mean, they talked about me, insulted me, tried to get me demoted at work... and much much more. It got to the point where I would cry almost every day, in the bathroom at work and when I came home. The emotional and mental stress of it was affecting my job and breaking my spirit. So I took the concerns of mine to a Christian friend of mine and she said you have to stop TREADING on it... stop OBSESSING over it... STOP trying to figure out HOW TO FIX IT... you can't change people... so JUST GIVE IT TO GOD. If you pray to the Lord and you trust in him, that he will do right by you, as you are doing right by him... he will assure that they get what is coming to them and you will conquer your enemies without doing or saying anything.
I wasn't quite convinced, although it did sound really good to be able to just "let go" of it like that...
So she gave me a CD, Deitrick Haddon, and had me listen to the song, STAND STILL... (here are the lyrics)

There is trouble at every sight,
so bad you wanna run and hide.
Your enemy is out for you
and you don?t know why.
It takes all your strength
to hold back your tears,
but you know you gotta face your fears,
let me whisper a word softly in your ears.
Stand still and know that He is God;


and there's no need to fight,
the battle is not yours,
the battle is the Lord's.

Your enemies don?t know what they will do
when they declare war on you.
Don't you think by know
they would have figure out
the Lord will always see you through.
There ain't no reason to live in doubt,
God has already worked it out;
so stand back and move out of His way,
'cause He will bring a brighter day.



Listening to that song, I was moved to keep on living by "christian" standards, doing good by others, kill my enemies with kindness and let go of the anger and resentment that was eating me alive!
By letting go of the resentment and anger and believing that the Lord would resolve it and had already worked it out, I stopped letting them UPSET me... I was no longer made miserable by letting them have the satisfication of bringing me down... and don't you know THEY STOPPED!

So when you are fighting tooth and nail with someone, step back, let go... kill them with kindness and trust that the issue will resolve itself. But others can not make you upset unless you allow them to!!