The Truth About Vengeance!

Hello Guys and Gals!

Have you ever wanted revenge on another? I sure have. I have even taken it a time or two.

Deuteronomy 32:35 reads,
'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,
In due time their foot will slip;
For the day of their calamity is near,
And the impending things are hastening upon them.'

Have you ever wondered why the Lord states that vengeance is His and His alone? I must say that I have given this much thought. I have fallen prey to the weakness of wanting to repay vengeance upon my enemies. I say that I have fallen prey to it and I call it a weakness for a reason. The fact is, we all desire revenge at some point in our lives for what others have wronged us with in some way! Another fact is, we all have done others wrong and rightly deserve any revenge executed upon us!

But why does God not want us to take vengeance upon others?

Is it because He likes to torture others? Not at all in any way!

Is it because He is doing to them what they rightly deserve? I don't think that is it either!

I believe sincerely that He wants to protect us! For in us is a desire to HURT others for what they have done to us. And giving in to that desire brings us into a place where God does not want us to be. We see them suffer at our hands and we eat their suffering and take it into us like a poison. Now we either vomit up that poison and learn our lesson through our own self inflicted suffering because we willingly ate that poison by our execution of revenge upon another; or after we take the poison into us, it becomes a part of us and we willing embrace that part of ourselves that goes down the wrong path!

Either of these situations is not pleasing in God's eyes. And I believe the second one leads us further into sin where the first one is like a stop sign on the path to further sin. In both cases though, we have already stepped into sin!

See, God knows us. He knows how we are built. He knows our temptations and weaknesses. So the reason God states that vengeance is His is very simple; He does not want us to suffer like He knows we will if we try to enact vengeance upon another. But vengeance, as we see it, is simply judgment as He has the right as our Creator to enact upon ALL who act against Him and His ways! And a more righteous judgment does not exist. If you think you have the ability to judge better than Him, alas you are mistaken and already on the path to sin. Please turn away from that path and return to a wonderful and life fulfilling relationship with Jesus, Savior and King!

God bless you all this evening!