Go Get ‘em God?

“Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for [God’s] wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay (requite), says the Lord.”

Romans 12:19 (Amplified)

 

 

Supernatural love rejects all motives of revenge.

Read the verse above again.

Do you find yourself cheering on the judgment of God, or as this translation puts it, His wrath, vengeance and repayment?

If you do (and I confess that same sentiment in my heart too many times),

 then ask yourself this question:

Why the delay?

Why does it seem like so long before God’s wrath is poured out on those who deserve it?

Is God gathering all the evidence?

Is He allowing them ‘enough rope to hang themselves’?

No, I don’t think so because if that were the case, none would escape.

You see we must remember the simple truth of Romans 3:23

“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”

It is the longsuffering patient love of God that holds back His wrath and judgment.

As it did for you and me, it does so for our enemies.

God paid a heavy price to set men free from their sins and He gives all of us the opportunity to, like the Prodigal Son, come to our senses, and return to the Father.   

I have a feeling God is not sitting in heaven thinking to Himself:

“Just a little while longer and I get to pay all of them back.”

Instead, He longs for each and every one to accept the gift of His Son.

He waits patiently giving them all the opportunities to turn to Him.

“God is not willing that any should perish…”

He does not delight in pouring out His wrath.

He delights in pouring out His mercy.

May today’s verse not drive us to some celestial cheering section for divine payback but may it drive us to our knees in prayer for those who have not yet received His grace.