Today’s Devotion
Topic: The “Meddler” Will Suffer!
Text: Proverbs 26:17
17 Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears, is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own. Amen.
It is true that “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Mat 5: 9). However, certain people do not get involved in peoples’ misunderstanding or conflict to promote peace. They are there to either feed their curiosity or promote their own selfish agenda.
And what agenda will that be? It is the agenda that either establishes them as better than the begrudging parties, or affords them the opportunity to gather information and spread it abroad. Such people CAN NOT BE CALLED PEACEMAKERS. RATHER, THEY ARE KNOWN AS “MEDDLERS”; AND “MEDDLERS” WILL ALWAYS SUFFER!
Why? Because human beings are as complicated as the world itself. A misunderstanding that seems to spring forth from an offended party may have roots deeper than the sea.
A peacemaker has no side. He or she steps in not on their own but as a representative of God. They listen to both parties, encourage forgiveness and pray with the grudging parties for divine solution and reconciliation.
But a meddler just jumps into what he or she does not understand and begins to take sides; just like one who grabs a stray dog by the ear. It will bite you mercilessly.
Now, you should know that a stray dog has no manners and grooming. It has no owner and it does not desire one. It tends for and defends for itself in the lonely streets just to survive. It has no friends nor desires to be anyone’s pet. If you touch any part of it, it will readily bite you.
Do not rush into a quarrel that is not your own, unless as a peacemaker, not a busybody who could use that as another opportunity to gather information for gossip. You will be so caught up in the situation even when the fighting parties are at peace with each other.
You will pay the consequences of any decision you take only to feed your ego and not to promote the righteousness of God. Begin to pray now. Pray for a discerning heart. One that desires that all men live with love for the Lord our God and then live with love for one another.
Become a peacemaker today; your brother’s keeper, not a judgmental “meddler” whose only interest is to prove how much better you are than the conflicting parties. Those who do so get entangled and suffer casualties that are heavier than the disagreeing parties. Think carefully about this.
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