Deadly Shafts

Readings:
Psalm 7
II Corinthians 11:16-33

Focus:
Psalm 7:12-13: "The enemy sharpens his sword again, strings his bow and makes it ready. It is against himself he has prepared his deadly shafts and tipped his arrows with fire."

When others do unkind things, or say unkind things to us, we feel hurt. It is easy to nurse our resentment and dwell on these little incidents. Sometimes we even respond in kind.

But in actuality the wrong things that others do hurt them, not us. Sin has eternal consequences, and if they do not seek God's forgiveness, they may be lost. (This is why we want to tell everyone about what God has done for people.)

So when other people do hurtful things to us, they have actually hurt themselves, not us. Even when the hurtful things that people do have consequences for us, they do not have eternal consequences. When people do wrong things, it is against themselves that they have prepared their deadly shafts.