Love Your Enemies

Prov 25:21-22

 
 

21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

 
 

22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

KJV

 
 

When is the last time you helped your enemy? You may say, "But, I don't have any enemies." In that case, we should think about it a bit more. Just think about that person who constantly annoys you, that person that you have a very difficult time getting along with or that person who just rubs you the wrong way. That's the kind of people this verse is talking about. We all have those people in our lives. Solomon is telling us that we need to be kind to even those people. How well do you do? How well do I do?

 
 

Lord, help me to be kind to everyone: even those that are hard to get along with. Help me to be willing to put aside my pride and serve them as I should. Help me to heap coals of fire on their head and maybe even win them as a friend.