Psalm 55: Excerpts
If an enemy were insulting me I could endure it….
If it were a foe I could hide…..
But it is you…..
My companion, my close friend……..
Betrayal,
Being stabbed in the back-
By a friend-
“The unkindest cut of all.”
How do I respond to such a thing?
Hurt- Yes
Anger- Certainly
Bitterness- Oh, I hope not……..
There is another choice.
Truth
The same Jesus who suffered and died for me…….
Suffered and died for my betrayer.
The same betrayal I am so hurt by is exactly what…….
I have done to my Jesus.
Let these Truths sink in.
I am the betrayer………
I have been forgiven much.
I can entrust these who have hurt me to.....
My Father.
He has redeemed me..........
He can redeem them.
Psalm 55:23
…………..But as for me,
I will trust in You (My Father in Heaven)
Father move in my own heart
To begin to grasp the depth of Your Compassion
Toward me.
Empower me, Jesus.......
Spirit of the Living God
To live out that same Love You have poured out on me
To friend and foe alike.
Amen
