“And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.” Psalm 35:9
If we rejoice over the destruction of our enemies we rejoice for the wrong reason and GOD has no part of it. We should never glory over the destruction of men but love them into salvation. Remember we were all at one time the enemy and had it not been for the wonderful grace of GOD, we would still be. Real joy is seeing GOD change the hearts of men not destroying them. “And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD”
Oh the wonderful joy that takes over the mind and heart when we see our GOD replace our fear with peace. It is the joy of seeing GOD doing for us what we can not do. To see wickedness overcome by righteousness satisfies the soul, and when we see those that once brought hatred upon us turn to the SAVIOR there is no expression suitable to describe the joy this brings. “it shall rejoice in his salvation.”
If you only rejoice in the defeat of your enemies and not for their souls you are a most miserable person that hasn’t come to understand what CHRIST JESUS is all about. Help us LORD to love the lost!
I saw the enemy small and great,
They came to destroy my peace.
But I found grace in the LORD
And through it, came my release.
I’ve seen them fall one and all,
Through the power of the KING.
He’s changed their hearts, one by one
And this is what makes me sing.
“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” Matthew 5:44
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40
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