Romans 12:14, Bless and Curse Not

Romans 12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

To be “persecuted for righteousness’ sake” (Matthew 5:10) is to be persecuted for standing firm in obedience to God’s Word. There was a brother-in-Christ whose work required him to submit bids to secure projects for his company. One day, the boss of his company gave him a photostat copy of his competitor’s bid and asked him to use it to secure the tender. He would just have to bid slightly higher than his competitor’s bid and he would have won the project. But he did not! He had to resign from his company for his own testimony’s sake.

When I visited this brother at home, he related to me how the Lord encouraged him when he was feeling very depressed because he was jobless. He said he was in the room alone and he knew that his mind was clear but his emotion was weighing him down. He was going into depression! Suddenly, his young son marched into the room and sung the song he had learned in Sunday School, “My God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there’s nothing my God cannot do!” It woke him out of his depression. As he related the incident to me, he praised God for manifesting Himself to him in his moment of deepest distress as a result of standing firm for Christ!

May God strengthen every child of His who seeks to walk according to the commandments of God. Amen.