DAILY HOPE DEVOTIONAL: JANUARY 3 HATED BUT NOT HARMED (1) SCRIPTURE: Genesis 37: 3 – 4, 23 – 28
“Hate wins when you choose not to make things” – By Dan Norris
There has never been an individual who does not have someone somewhere hating him/her. Every human being has an enemy. Every one of us have someone who has a distasteful feeling towards us, one who expresses extreme enmity towards us, who develops intense dislike or hostility towards us; one who demonstrated active hostility towards us. All these come from what hate is about. We are not hated because we are from different tribe, race and national from the one expressing the hate over us. *Our hater can come from same family lineage, same profession, religion or organization. Whether the hate is rated strong or mild, hate is hate.* There is a single dangerous fruit of hate. Hate carries along with it; desire to destroy the one hated. This forms reasons why many fear those who hate them.
Perhaps, you reading this piece had suffered seriously from being hated unjustifiably. Your life seems to have been ruined due to all angle hate from people. You might have done everything within your powers to make people love you. Yet what you are getting in return is more hate. You might have concluded that you will soon be dead because those hating you are more powerful than you. Here is one basic truth about life. No one lives without being hated. It is normal to be hated. Most often, it is one who feels inferior to you that develops hatred on you. It is good to discover one hating you for cautions. But, it is a sign of weakness to allow those hating you win over you. You can do this by not allowing the person hating you to keep winning. Do something different by refusing to believe that your hater owns your life. The quote in this write up points to this fact; Dan Norris says: “Hate wins when you choose not to make things.” Always do something positive to conquer the hater.
Christians who are vast with the words of God know that haters never win. They usually lost out at the end. Story of Joseph illustrated this. All his brothers hated him for his positive dreams. Joseph was shown his glorious position amongst the brothers. The brothers understood the dreams of Joseph. The more he dreamed the more he was hated. The second thing that made Joseph to be hated by his brothers was because their father loved him dearly: “But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him…” (Gen. 37: 4 NIV). The hatred of Joseph by his brothers metamorphosed into selling him out as a slave to Merchandise going to Egypt. At Egypt he was resold as slave again. In all, one would think Joseph was going to be killed. Truth is that Joseph survived. Reason, this devotional says “Hated But Not Harmed.” Second part of this piece will expatiate on this.
PRAYER:
My Father Jehovah, give me courage that will enable me overcome phobia of people hating me in the name of Jesus Christ.
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