Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
1 Peter 3:9 NIV
We tend to get God’s equation backwards! Our focus isn’t to be on GETTING blessings…but BEING a blessing to those God puts in our path. He takes us from selfish thinking to selfless acting. And then sweetly rewards us with His unexpected blessings from above…even when we don’t ask!!!
See, He’s concerned about our inside…our real selves…our heart motivation. He sweetly reminds us that it is “out of the overflow of the heart, our mouth speaks.” Because only then will we “be agreeable, sympathetic, loving, compassionate, and humble…embracing life and seeing that the day fill up with good.”
THAT’S how to live a blessed life. Doing the next right thing. No sarcasm. No retaliation. No evil or hurtful words.
Focused on His character in you, so when life bumps into you (and it will) what spills out of you is what’s already inside you.
