Isaiah 54:17(NKJV) No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgement You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord.
As leaders, doing what is right or cleaning up wrong practices will often invite false accusations by others, but leaders need to brace themselves for false accusations, and know that they are called to make morally correct and good decisions which may not always be popular. Nevertheless, Jesus can empathise with you, because even though Jesus is sinless, He was falsely accused of perverting the nations and forbidding people to pay tax to Caesar (Luke 23:2). Therefore, come to the throne of grace, and let the Lord infuse His grace and strength to help you; allow Him to vindicate you and restore to you what has been falsely said about you!
If you are going through company or church politics, know that Jesus Himself has also experienced politics played by the Chief Priests and the scribes.
Mark 15:11-13 (NKJV) But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them. Pilate answered and said to them again, “What then do you want me to do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”
So they cried out again, “Crucify Him!”
Different personalities may react differently to politics being played: some fight back, others suffer and protest in silence or plan a detailed counterattack, some hyper-ventilate by talking to people. No matter what category you belong to in the natural, you can have redeemed personality that allows you to walk in the Spirit and not the flesh.
Matthew 26:52-53 (NKJV) But Jesus said to him, “Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
Jesus laid down His rightful access to 72,000 angels in order to walk in the will of God. Likewise, our action plan is laid out in the below Scripture. At times, not retaliating is a form of weapon in itself, because there is nothing for the enemies to make use of or to support their claim.
Matthew 5:43-44 (NKJV) “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.
Jesus asked us to love, bless, do good and pray for our enemies. When we do that, it will free us from being entangled with the situation emotionally, think more clearly and make good decisions amid the chaos.
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祂也曾经历过
以赛亚书54:17凡为攻击你造成的兵器，必不利用；凡在审判时用舌攻击你的，你必定他为有罪。这是耶和华仆人的产业，是他们从我所得的义。这是耶和华说的。
作为领导者，做正确的事情或纠正错误的做法往往会招致他人的不实指控。但领导者需要为不实指控做好准备，并知道他们应做出道德正确和有益的决定，而这些决定可能并不总是受欢迎的。然而，耶稣能理解你，因为耶稣虽然是无罪的，祂也同样受到诬告，说祂唆使各族，不让人们纳税给凯撒（路23:2）。所以，你们要来到恩典的宝座前，让耶和华将祂的恩典和力量注入你以帮助你；让祂为你所遭受的不实指控作辩护，为你平反。
如果你正在经历公司或教会的权术政治，要知道耶稣自己也经历过祭司长和文士们挑起的权术政治。
马可福音 15:11-13只是祭司长挑唆众人，宁可释放巴拉巴给他们。彼拉多又说：“那么你们称他为犹太人的王，你们要我怎样处置他呢？”
于是他们又喊着说：“钉十字架吧！”
不同性格的人对正在上演的政治可能会有不同的反应：一些人会进行反击，另一些人则默默忍受并无声地抗议，或制定一份详细的反击计划，一些人则通过与他人交谈来发泄情绪。无论你的天性是属于哪一类，你都能拥有蒙赎后的品格，使你能够行在圣灵里而非血气中。
马太福音 26:52-53 但耶稣对他说：“收刀入鞘吧，凡动刀的，必死在刀下。你想我不能求我父，现在为我差遣十二营多天使来吗?”
为了按照上帝的旨意而行，耶稣放下了祂合法调动72000名天使的特权。同样，我们的行动计划也已在下面的经文中列出。有时，不报复本身就是一种武器，因为这样我们的仇敌就抓不到任何把柄或任何支持其主张的证据。
马太福音 5:43-44 “你们听见有话说，当爱你的邻舍，恨你的仇敌。只是我告诉你们，要爱你们的仇敌，祝福诅咒你的人，善待恨你的人，为那逼迫你们的祷告。
耶稣要求我们去爱，祝福，行善，为我们的仇敌祷告。当我们这样做的时候，将会让我们从被状况搅扰的情绪中解脱出来，思路更加清晰，在混乱中做出英明的决定。
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