Daily Manna Monday November 24th 2025 Vengeance For Distressing Israel

Daily Manna Monday November 24th 2025

TOPIC: Vengeance For Distressing Israel

Key Verse

“For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head” (Obadiah 1:15).

TEXT — Obadiah 1:10-16

One of the things that sets God apart from man is his unimpeachable impartiality in all things, including when dealing with sin. He judges all who disobey His word alike, whether Jews or Gentiles. But in His mercy, He provides an opening for all willing to escape His judgment, if they turn from their sins and obey His word. Edom was unsympathetic to Israel, her relative. Edom mocked and worsened Israel’s problems. She was hostile and violent against the Israelites and rejoiced at Judah’s downfall, looted Jerusalem, and took her substance when she was defeated.

Edom stood on the crossway to kill the inhabitants of Judah who sought to escape and delivered the captives of Judah to be destroyed by their enemies. This was an act of cruelty that attracted God’s judgment. It is on record that in A.D. 70, after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, the Edomites, who were then known as Idumeans, were wiped out into oblivion, never to be heard of again.

The lesson here is that God’s people should demonstrate the evidence of grace by sympathising with those who suffer around them, including enemies who become victims of misadventure. Believers like Christ must pray for those who despitefully use them, feed their enemies, and quench their thirst. Praying and wishing for the death and destruction of enemies is very strange to the Spirit of Christ, who dwells in us. Jesus never prayed that way.

Believers should be merciful towards their neighbours. Make life better for people while you maintain your Christian conviction. Put a smile on people’s faces and let others see Jesus in you. Never forget that God fights for, and avenges His people. To fight for ourselves and retaliate against those who offend us would be taking the law into our hands, and that would not please God. Allow the Lord to fight your battles, so that you can, like the Psalmist, declare that, “The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.”

Thought for the day

If you regard another’s downfall as your windfall, you’ll soon fall.

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