Daily Devotionals
Devotional: 13th of Nisan
The Egyptians tried to flee, but Adonai swept them into the sea (Exodus 14.27).
How easy and natural it is to rejoice when our enemies suffer misfortune, especially if it comes to them when they are in the midst of acting against us. Rabbinic literature records an aggadah (popular legend) that when the ministering angels in heaven saw the Egyptians drowning, they began to rejoice. God, however, rebuked them and said, "The works of my hands are perishing, so why are you rejoicing?"
We must always remember that even those we do not get along with are made in God's image. The Messiah died for them no less than he died for us. We are told to pray for them, not rejoice at their suffering. In this way we will be like our Father in heaven. "For if we were reconciled with God through his Son's death when we were enemies, how much more will we be delivered by his life, now that we are reconciled!" (Romans 5:10)
...ask the Lord to help me see others through his eyes, to love my enemies just as God loves me.
RP
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