Don’t Fight Back

I have learned that when things get tough, if I refrain from retaliating and instead do my best to accomplish whatever I can, committing my life’s work and difficulties to the Lord, eventually the truth will come out. God is my defender. If I fight and try to resolve the problem my way, it often causes headaches and makes a big mess, unless the Lord tells me to do so.

A book by Eric Metaxas, “7 Men and 7 Women. And the Secret of Their Greatness,” mentioned about Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) who was the famous baseball player that virtually every American boy, if he is a baseball fan, knows of him. Metaxas wrote, “Jackie was given the opportunity to do something historic when he was chosen to be the man who broke the so-called color barrier in professional baseball. But in order to do this, he had to surrender something very few men would have the strength to surrender: he would have to give up the right to fight back against some of the most vicious insults against his race that anyone had ever heard.

When Jackie died on October 24, 1972, as Metaxas wrote, “The world may not forget an extraordinary baseball player, who successfully living out, both on and off the baseball field, the revolutionary and world-changing words of Jesus.” Psalm 27:1 states, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?”

When we encounter injustice or difficulty, instead of trying to solve the problems on our own or engaging in conflict with those we are dealing with, let us come to God defenseless and in meekness. Let Him be our defender. God reigns! He will win our case.

From Expert of my book, “Joyful Living to Leave a Legacy” Dr. Luna – Amazon, 2022