John 10: 7-10 “ So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. “All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. “I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”

It is hard to turn the other cheek when other humans do you wrong. Many times, our first reaction is we want to get even, we want justice, we want them to pay us back for what they have stolen. It is human to be like this.

But God is calling us to higher things. So while the enemy uses folks to do us harm and to taunt us by stealing, killing and destroying, we instead grab hold onto the eternal things. The promise of GOD for HIS life which is worth more than any earthly thing. Once we recognize this reality… nothing else matters.

Who can steal from you when the KING OF GLORY supplies all your needs. Who can kill you when the KING OF GLORY gives you life and that ETERNAL LIFE permeates your entire being? Who can destroy you when the KING OF GLORY is your salvation?

Look on HIM – the author and the Finisher of our faith, our life, our existence…our everything. Let us give Him his rightful place in our lives and keep our eyes FIRMLY FIXED on Him.

PS 118:1 (NASB) Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting

Ps 118: 5, 6: From my distress I called upon the LORD,;  The LORD answered me and set me in a large place.  The LORD is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?

PS118: 14- 17: The LORD is my strength and song,  And He has become my salvation. The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. I will not die, but live,  And tell of the works of the LORD.

Ps 118:28, 29– You (Yahweh) are my God, and I give thanks to You;  You are my God, I extol You. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;  For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Amen