Friday, November 15, 2013

Fantastic Friday #393- Twist

Twist


4 In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?
All day long they twist my words;
    all their schemes are for my ruin.
They conspire, they lurk,
    they watch my steps,
    hoping to take my life.   Psalm 56:4-6

Do you ever run across those people who take everything you say and twist it in their favor.  Maybe at the time they don't like how you might be questioning their integrity so they twist what you are saying back on you or on someone else.  Possibly these people know they have done something that is not right, but they don't want to be held accountable for their mistake, so instead they do everything they can to make it look like someone else's fault. We all have people around us who take advantage of a situation so they aren't held accountable for their actions that impact others. So, what do we do when they lurk and conspire to make us or others look bad?  It's easy, we trust in God and his Word and His actions to take care of a situation like this.  We all have it within ourselves to think we can make everything better, and untwist what has been done.  We just don't realize that we really don't have that power. In fact, maybe God is allowing the enemy to influence these people to twist the words and actions to teach us something about how we need to react.  What do you do next time someone twists your words or the situation?  You handle it with Grace and Understanding knowing that God is aware of the twisting and let Him straighten everything out.  Where we see failure, God sees success when we trust in Him.

Have a great weekend.

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