A
bully is an aggressive person who intimidates or mistreats weaker people. You
may be as “innocent” as enjoying a joke at the expense of another person or
involve the use of violence and force. A bully has a low self-esteem. Oh, how
many vises hide in the bosom
of this single evil? Selfishness, greed, cruelty,
insensitivity, sadism all product of human depravity!
Are
you a bully? Do you take advantage of others? Do you amuse yourself by cutting
others down? The weaker person may be a beggar on the street, a classmate
suffering a deformity of or other impediments. What the children did in our text
did is worse than bullying. Elisha was an elderly gentleman, a respected
prophet in that country, yet those children took pleasure in mocking him! The
repercussion was tragic, they lost their lives.
Did
you ever bully someone? You must seek forgiveness first from God, and then from
your victim. Do so today, start now.
Challenge:
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats the little men – Thomas Carlyle
Prayer:
Lord, forgive me my acts of cruelty against others.
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