~ Good Morning!

😡 RESENTMENT 😡

This morning, I came across the following Bible Verse. Let’s look at it together:

“To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.” Job 5:2 (GNT)

If you hang on to resentment, it will always hurt you more than anyone else. Resentment is self-destructive and will eventually devastate you.

If any guy ever had a reason to be resentful, it was Job. He was a godly man, who had everything he wanted—wealth, fame, and a great family; then one day, he lost it all.

• Enemy nations killed all his livestock.

• All of his children were killed.

• He got a terrible disease.

• He literally lost almost everything he had.

• Then his friends came along and said, “Job, it’s all your fault.”

Though Job had every reason to be resentful, he tells us that resentment is a bad idea. Job says, “To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do” (Job 5:2 GNT).

You might have every reason to be resentful, too.

• Maybe you’ve been hurt by someone in your church.

• Maybe family, career, ministry demands have damaged you, or your family.

Job shows us we have a choice. He knew he didn’t have time to be resentful. He knew it was foolish, senseless, and illogical to be resentful.

If you think back through experiences in your own life, you’ll probably agree. We can do silly things when we’re caught up in resentment. We’ll say, “I’m going to get him!” Then we often do the ridiculous to make that happen.

When we give in to resentment, we act in self-destructive ways and hurt ourselves much more than those we’re holding grudges against. We usually do really dumb things to try to get even with people, and it makes us miserable in the process, and never ends with us getting what we want.

So why do it?

Don’t hold on to your resentment.

Let it go.

‼️ F•O•R•G•I•V•E ‼️

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene