Have you ever wondered what should be your right response to
your persecutors? Do you wonder what Christ would do in your position? The good
news is that you don’t need to guess the answer, Christ in the scriptures
mentioned what your response to persecutors should be. He also lived examples
for you to follow. This post aims at helping you discover Christ’s response
to persecutors.
But I say to you, love your enemies,
bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those
who spitefully use you and persecute you – Matthew 5:44 (NKJV)
So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord
to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of
hosts – Zechariah 4:6 (NKJV)
Many people face persecutors often if not daily and they are
getting weary of them; they are wondering what should be the right response to
them without disobeying God. The scriptures say that you should look unto Jesus
the author and finisher of your faith – Hebrews 12:2. Follow His steps and you
will not miss it at all.
Christ’s response
Jesus had so many persecutors while on earth and even now,
but he had one response to them. And that was to pray for them. What! Yes,
Christ said that you should pray for those that spitefully use you and
persecute you – Matthew 5:44 and He also showed you examples to follow.
For instance, at Gethsemane, when the soldiers came to
arrest Jesus, following the order of His persecutors, He didn’t support one of His
disciples who struck off the ear of a servant of the high priest, instead He
rebuked him. He told him that if He wanted He could have asked His Father to
give Him more than twelve legions of angels to take care of His enemies –
Matthew 26:51-53. After all the angels excel in strength (Psalm 103:20) and
when the devil and his angels fought them in heaven, they prevailed not and
were thrown out of heaven, never to return there again (Revelations 12:7-8).
The climax of Christ’s response to His persecutors came when
He prayed for them on the cross. Instead of calling down fire to devour His
enemies, He asked God to forgive them; that they didn’t know what they were
doing! Read more..
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