Monday June 17, 2024

Matthew 5:35-41

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You have learnt how it was said: Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. But I say this to you: offer the wicked man no resistance.

Is this just some general instruction to the disciples? I want to think it is not. Who earned himself the title “wicked man?” What is it that he did that was evil? I bet there was someone specifically who harbored evil intentions for Jesus and his friends.

Here is the deal. Don’t feed into it. Don’t waste your breath at all. Continue thriving and let that person spin themselves into a tizzy. It takes too much precious energy sometimes to deal with drama. Offer no resistance or disengage!!!