FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES (Pt. 2)
Enemy Facts #1
THE SIZE OF YOUR ENEMY IS INDICATIVE OF YOUR
POSITION.
Imagine you losing a brawl with the an
undisputed heavyweight champion like Tyson Fury or Mike Tyson. Ground-breaking,
innit? Not really. In fact, it’d be a PR disaster for the boxing champ.
Why? Because you’re not in their category, and
that assault on you by the heavyweight has automatically brought him down to your
level.
In 2Samuel 16:5-13 we read of a certain peasant
who took it upon himself to “continually” curse King David and throw
stones at him. David’s mighty men proposed decapitating the peasant but David knew
better than that. After all, he himself was once just a lowly shepherd boy who
became a warrior because an experienced Philistine champ (Goliath) made the
mistake of fighting him.
You eventually attain the status of your enemy,
upwards or downwards.
The man Haman (of “Haman Must Die” fame) was
the Vizier of the vast Persian Empire about 2500 years ago. He was the Prime
Minister, the 2IC with immense power and wealth. Yet he decided to make
a lowly “gateman” his enemy; and for the pettiest of reasons at that. He invested
his resources and energy on destroying Mordecai; and in the end Mordecai took
up Haman’s position and Haman’s property (Est. 8:1,2)!
Are you a heavyweight that has a bantamweight
for an opponent? (“bantam” is a type of fowl, You know). Are you being petty?
Losing sleep over trivialities that wouldn’t matter 10 years from now (not to
talk of eternity)?
If you speak against Her Majesty, The Queen of
England today, she’s not going go to rush Twitter and cuss you out in
return. There is a reason for that.
1Pe 2:9 says we are a “royal priesthood”; Eph
2:6 says that we are seated “in heavenly places in Christ Jesus”; and Rev 5:10 says
Christ has “made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the
earth.
Carry some sense of divine dignity around you; not
every thing or every one is worth your energy and time.
AMEN
More Blessings await
you; you’ll not miss them in Jesus Name.
GREG ELKAN
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