We Want to Hurt Those Who Hurt Us

Scripture Psalms 137:9 Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little ones against the rock!

Observation: This psalm was written about Jerusalem’s captivity in Babylon. The writer of the Psalm wants Babylon to pay for what they did to them. Things haven’t changed much in a few thousand years. We want those that hurt us to pay, we want them to suffer worse than we suffered. We even ask God to take care of them as if He was a divine hit man.

Application: My thoughts constantly turn to anger and I think the worse of people. I need to ask God to allow me to see them through His eyes and whatever might have happened to me that I can patiently ask my Lord what He desires me to do and be able to show God’s love to others.

Prayer: My Lord soften my heart and fill it with kindness towards your children. Help me realize that whatever happens that you are in control and maybe you are guiding me. Help me trust you totally and that I will be the man that would please you.