Psalm 37;1-2 ‘Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.’

DAILY READING; • Luke 2:21-52; Ezekiel 38-39; Isaiah 61

Aaron Hills was the first President of Texas Holiness University. He was an experienced educator, a respected author and a successful Holiness evangelist. His book, ‘Dying to Live’, is a collection of the testimonies of people, who had encountered the power of the Holy Spirit. Among these stories is a dramatic tale of the swift judgment that fell upon an atheist who tried to dare the Holy Spirit.
According to the story, an evangelist from Lincoln, Nebraska, named Dr. Powers had a father who was an atheist.. His atheist father even wrote an unpublished book on atheism. But while growing up, Powers and his brother had refused to follow their father’s ways, but rather chose to serve God. Unfortunately, one of their cousins imbibed this atheistic teachings. This cousin delighted in making mockery of Dr. Powers and his brother and by the age of twenty-seven years, he had become so demonized that he felt he could challenge God.
One day in the harvest field, to show his great atheistic daring and his claim that there was no God, he rolled up his sleeves and challenged God to come down. He did that on the first day and nothing happened. However, when he repeated the challenge the next day, daring the Holy Ghost to come down and fight him, suddenly, this man fell down paralyzed from his arms down. They carried him to the house and sent hastily for two doctors, who came and examined him and declared they did not know what was the matter with him; they had never seen anything like it. This man had long, curly hair, and for four days he pulled at it until he had pulled out all the hair. Then on the ninth day of his sickness, just as the sun was going down, he groaned out, ‘O eternity, eternity; how can I endure eternity?’ and then he died.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 says ‘Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil’.

In the world today, there are people who act with gross impudence as if God does not exist. Today, wickedness is on the increase and iniquity is abounding. But while it may sometimes seem as if these people can get away with their lack of fear or reverence for God, we have to understand that we serve the God of vengeance.

In Acts of the Apostles, vengeance was one of the earliest manifestations of the arrival of the Holy Ghost. Ananias and Sapphira fell and died and Elymas the sorcerer also became blind.

Indeed God knows how to swiftly judge the wicked.
However, while it may sometimes seem as if God is slow to anger, is because He gives the wicked room to repent. God has said He does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked. [Ezekiel 33:11]. And so when the Bible asks us to bless those that curse us and pray for them that despitefully use us, it is to give opportunity for love to work on their hearts. The truth is that some people act wickedly because they are influenced by the forces of darkness and when we react to them in love, shining the light of the Gospel, the demonic hold upon their lives are broken.
However, on the other hand, there are people, who have so willingly given themselves to serve the devil, that no matter what you do, it does not deter their wickedness. These are those, the Bible says, we should give food when they are hungry, because in so doing we are pouring hot coals of fire upon their heads. Their refusal to repent or be changed by our love and kindness, causes their cup of judgment to fill up fast.

Therefore if today, in any way, you find yourself hurt or affected by the unjust dealings of such wicked people, be rest assured that their judgement is coming.

Psalm 37;1-2 says ‘Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.’

We must learn to rest in the Lord and wait patiently for His judgment. The Bible says God will revenge all disobedience when our obedience is fulfilled. Therefore as we keep our focus on obeying God and His Word, God will indeed arise and fight for us.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for arising for me and fighting my battles. Thank You Lord for victory by the blood of Jesus. I know indeed that by the blood of Jesus I am exempted from every evil in Jesus Name.

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When God places His hand upon a man in life nothing can come against him, this is because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. WORDBITE 222