1 Peter 3:8 – 12 “Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tender-hearted and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For,
“Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Perhaps you might have never seen a boomerang in operation. This weapon was perfected by bushmen in Australia. If the boomerang hit its target, then obviously it stopped, but if it failed to hit its target, it would come back to the one throwing it. But the ability of the boomerang to come back also means that the one throwing it must pay close attention! Turn your head for a minute and you might find yourself knocked out by your own boomerang.
One of my older friends is a retired newspaper editor who started her career as the girl who fetched the coffee and did the filing. Throughout her long career, my friend had the opportunity to observe the cutthroate office politics prevalent in newspaper offices. Once I asked my friend how she managed to survive, particularly when others spread vicious rumors about her and tried to spoil her reputation. My friend answered, “I just kept reminding myself that what goes around comes around. And generally, it did. If I just remained patient, those who were playing politics would get their comeuppance.”
These days it is difficult to go on any social media platform without encountering all kinds of vicious statements. But are these attitudes scriptural? Peter would say “No.” There is a scriptural principal: the measure you give out is the measure you will receive. If you bless people, if you are careful in your speech and if you “seek peace and pursue it,” those blessings and that peace will come back to you.
Want blessings? Bless others! Want peace! Pursue peace. If you don’t, that spiritual boomerang may come back and hit you in the head!
PRAYER Father God, help us to be people of love and people of peace. In the mighty Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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