Monday June 15, 2026

Matthew 5:38-42

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You have learnt how it was said: Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. But I say this to you: offer the wicked man no resistance.

Do you know how strong you are? Yes, you have great discipline because there are many time you bit your tongue and never said anything when everything in you wanted to lash out.

Recently God spoke to me and how I wish he had not just for a split second. You know I have the blessing of having an accent in this part of the world. And some people take that as a mark of stupidity or weakness. So on this particular evening at my other job I had a colleague talk to me with such disrespect and I was ready to fire back an email. Then God said “do not respond to that one.” I knew it was God speaking but he used the voice of my partner at work. I paused. Five hours later my supervisors responded to the nasty email and settled the matter. Sometimes we need to pause, God will sort it out.

Your strength lies in your ability to control your instincts my friend. Sometimes not responding to crazy is more powerful than engaging.

You got this!!!