How do you get vengeance against God?
Are we really narcissistic enough to think our definitions are binding?
He is God. We are not.
Do we really replace faith with a line drawn in the sand?
He is God. We are not.
Have we really remade righteousness into a pile of sticks that we need to jump?
He is God. We are not.
Unanswered prayer creates bitterness.
He is God. We are not.
Bitterness creates madness.
He is God. We are not.
Madness creates narcissism and a false view of reality.
He is God. We are not.
So we target success and say it’s a lie.
He is God. We are not.
So we drink the poison and say He’s to blame.
He is God. We are not.
So we set ourselves for failure and say it’s
He is God. We are not.
What do we want from God, an apology?
Jesus endured the cross.
Do we want to burn the Bible?
Jesus endured our chastisement from God.
Do we want revenge?
Jesus endured the abandonment of God.
Isn’t that what hell is?
Didn’t Jesus go even there?
Lay down your arms.
Let go of your pride.
Be made new into a Living Hope.
All of the ammunition you think you have
may confuse and disillusion His followers, even the faithful,
but they were never your real target anyway were they?
Be freed by the Name of the only One who has already been
where you think you are,
by the only One who has already conquered even your poor reflection,
by the only One who can release you from your bitterness.
Be freed by the Name of Jesus!
For vengeance does not save, only Jesus does.