Gold Nugget
Verse 13: “Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not
depart from his house.”
Commentary
Recently we had
a very vivid reminder of just how dangerous and violent a world we live in.
After the deadly shooting in Tucson Arizona, the media has been in a frenzy
over how this could have happened. Although the country has been in a moral
decline for many years, we can’t imagine that something like this could happen.
To make matters worse, I don’t think we are reacting in a way that would spark
any change. It was very disturbing to see that some people are going to extents
to make this a political issue of conservatives being negligent and somehow encouraging
such behavior. Even more disturbing was a particular spokesperson claiming that
the mental illness that led to these killings is no different than any other illness.
She went on to say that early treatment would have prevented this tragedy. By
the time she was done, some people were cheering her attempts to prove the
current health care situation in place by republicans is to blame. In an
attempt to push liberal views, she has made this cold blooded killer into a
victim. In that, she has exemplified today’s “gold nugget”. “Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not
depart from his house.” Although there are some mental illnesses
that should be treated just as any other sickness, there are some people that
have issues of a spiritual nature. People that may be spiritually bankrupt
should not be lumped in with those suffering from a serious physical ailment.
Many times people have such an agenda of their own that they can overlook and
even condone bad behavior if it somehow works in their favor. They will support
or reward evil as if it is good or pure for their own personal gain. The
example used in today’s devotion is one of extreme measure, but it shouldn’t keep
us from learning a valuable lesson for our own growth. We need to make sure
that we don’t do anything to reward or encourage bad behavior. Although we
surely wouldn’t defend the person responsible for the story in today’s
devotion, we don’t want to support, encourage or reward someone that did
anything bad… even if on a smaller scale.
Prayer
Lord, sometimes
we are in situations where we know someone has done wrong, but somehow there is
someway that we can benefit from the scenario. Help us to resist the temptation
to let something go that we should take a stand against. Amen
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