It took me about 15 minute during 2 sessions to read this passage. I know that I am a person who wants the last word on any subject. I also know that I need to relinquish that desire. That is a struggle that I am facing, and hope to see God free me from that passion. If anyone deserved to have the last word it was Jesus. In chapter 2 verse 23 Peter points out that regardless of how anyone treated him Jesus did not seek to have the last word in any situation. As he hung on the cross he spoke very few words and, with the exception of his request for water, spoke no words to those who taunted him. Peter said that Jesus turned over this painful, ugly, humiliating, degrading situation to God. He didn’t do it because there were no options for him (I wonder if Peter had 10,000 angels standing by his cross waiting for his call for rescue?) but because he sought to surrender his entire life to God. Can I give up the desire for the last word? No. But through the power of the Holy Spirit in my life I can conquer that desire and chose to say nothing.
Stuart
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