Accountability Day!!! Yes, today is the day to send me a quick email telling me what chapter you are on. So don’t procrastinate, just hit the reply button and type in the number. If you have fallen behind watch out. This weekend you will probably catch a cold, sprain your ankle, and have your washing machine engine burn out!!! NOT!! Just a joke. God doesn’t love you because of your performance. God just loves you and he would love spending time with you today. So enjoy God and learn from him.
Today read Genesis 34-35 The Danger of Bravado
When we see something wrong that needs to be corrected, do we wisely consider all the potential strategies or do we quickly bring out the guns and fire. The motto of Simeon and Levi .... Fire, Ready, Aim!!
A great wrong was done to Dinah, she was raped by Hamor. This is a wrong that needs to be addressed. But the killing of the other men in the town of Shechem was not justifiable. Only one guy committed the crime. Choose your battles wisely.
Jacob had the wisdom to know that a small victory here could turn into a disaster for his entire family later on. F. Laguard Smith says of the actions of Simeon and Levi, “Jacob might has also have suspected that his sons acted more out of hot-blooded anger or swashbuckling bravado than any pure sense of justice. Even righteous battles can be tainted by mixed motives.”
It is entire possible that today or sometime this week you will be faced with injustice. At that critical juncture carefully consider your reactions. As the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Be careful, lest fighting the dragon you become the dragon.”
Anger is one letter short of danger!!
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