Wrong Wrath
“ Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity; His anger tore perpetually, And he kept his wrath forever.” Amos 1 : 11 NKJV One of the greatest poison in human relationships is the lack of forgiving spirit and the holding on to past wrong doings. Unfortunately, forward movement is always impossible with backward looking. And while Jacob wrestled with God at Jabbok to obtain forgiveness for his past wrong doings and get turned to Israel, Esau kept the poison of the wrong doings to the generations of his children’s children and remained Edom. Little wonder while the children of Israel were on their way to the promised land, Edom was busy chasing shadows to cook up the wrath of God. Obviously, the only right wrath is the hating of sin to release the love of God upon sinners and backsliders. And since we all need soft heart and hard feet for the unlim...