THE SCORE SETTLER..!!

Let’s read Luke 4:24, 28-30(NIV), Proverbs 20:3(NIV) & Proverbs 20:22(MSG) in tandem

“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown… All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff.  But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.

“It is to one’s honour to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel”

“Don’t ever say, “I’ll get you for that!” Wait for God; he’ll settle the score”

Jesus went to His hometown Nazareth and spoke the TRUTH and nothing but the TRUTH (read the whole chapter for details– Luke 4). But, He was driven out of His own town by His own people, in order to throw him off the cliff and kill Him. All for what? For speaking The Truth and nothing but The Truth…!

What did Jesus do? – “..He walked right through the crowd and went on his way”. He did not force The Truth down their throats. He was not quick to quarrel even though He was right. He avoided any strife. He was patient right through because He knew for sure that His Heavenly Father is the ultimate SCORE SETTLER.

A surgeon’s scalpel cuts and makes you bleed. But once the problem is fixed he sutures the incision and takes proper post-surgical care till the wound is properly healed. No ethically-sound surgeon will ever try and force the incision on you if you are not willing to be operated on. If he does force the cut on you, it will be considered an injury caused by assault and not a surgical incision.

God the spiritual-surgeon uses his double-edged scalpel (The Truth) to make skilful incisions to your soul in order to fix a problem. This Truth is the very Word of God. But as any other ethically-sound surgeon, He will never force a surgery on you. He never assaults anyone with His scalpel. But, He is ever-ready to operate on anyone in need for free..!

Let us follow the example of Jesus in the following:

1. Never try and force “The Truth” down people’s throats through strife and quarrel.
2. Always be PATIENT and know that you are not the final score settler, your Heavenly Father is…! (read Romans 12:19).