1 Peter 2:20 (ESV) — 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are
beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you
endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
NOTE: Life is not
going to go the way we want it. We will be treated unfairly. It doesn't really
matter what the reason is for the mistreatment. The larger question is
"how do we respond to mistreatment?" God says to endure it. There is
an area where I feel like I have been mistreated. It has happened now a couple
dozen times. It is hard to continue to endure, and just because I have endured,
does not mean it will end soon. My mistreatment is small compared to the
suffering others are undergoing. But our witness is affected by how we respond
to mistreatment. Jesus was mistreated. He did not yell or scream or complain or
try to right the wrong. He was obedient unto death on a cross.
PRAYER: Father, it
is difficult to endure an injustice or at least, a perceived injustice. I pray
for strength to do the right thing, to endure injustice, and to pray for
justice. My witness is far more important than this world's treatment of me. I
need to remember that.
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