Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes :
Praying for those who love you that’s sincerity
Pray for those who hurt you that’s maturity.
John 18.10
Matthew 26.51
I will give a comprehensive analysis and analogue on the banality of the the concept and discussion on what happened after the Gesthmane experience. If you remember very well following the events closely Jesus’s trial had a lot of legalities and the issues had complex phenomenon. There were so many short cuts which the high priests made in order to ensure that his ministry was cut short and he would be eliminated. What lessons do we learn or drew from this experience :
1. Politics exists even in the church.
2. Never focus on the enemy but on progressive factor
3. Pray for your enemies
4. You must always have a clean heart before God
5. Tread cautiously so that when your enemies will find it difficult to nail you
6. In everything that happens on you, Glory to God
7. Never fight back.
Then Simon Peter , who had a sword, drew it and struck the highpriest’s servant, cutting off his ear. His name was Malchus. Malchus in the hebrew version is translated as melek means king. According to scholars, impeccable sources clearly indicates that he participated in the arrest of Jesus in the garden of Gethsmane .
The narrative and the context depicts the natural discourse of the imperical evidence of what exactly transpired.
The bottom line is Jesus was arrested foe trumped up charges which were baseless with a false narrative and deceptive agenda to crumble and cut his ministry short.
Coming closer home, there are people who love you, and they are those who hurt you. Some have caused scars and some have graves on them, some have finger prints and foot prints on each and every evil prevailing in our lives. Our progress has been derailed because of our own, some have mocked us, and some of our own best friends, close relatives, inner circle members, kinsfolks have participated in our crucibles. We have so many life crucibles which have denoted our christian values and separation of christian values and life circumstances is detrimental.
Some have lost household goods, residential stands, houses, employement contracts, their beloved ones, spouses, partners, some have poisoned others, dirty politics and many other evil treacherous things but the bottom line is God loves you and pray for them. LEARN TO SAY BY GONES ARE BY GONES, PAST IS PAST, LET’S MOVE ON. Pray for them and demonstrate the love of Christ by putting the ear back despite that he or she is your enemy. Think of those who have hurt you, wake up and pray for them. Some have transmitted the deadly virus on you, some have done the worst, children outside the wedlock, so many other things we can talk of, it is time to move on and bury our difference.
Let’s be sincere and genuine to those who love and those who don’t love you. Jesus could have called ten thousand legion of angels to protect him, but he died alone on the cross to set us free and accomplish the mission. Let me say this way a struggle which he won. The battle was accomplished on the cross.
The battle is not yours, but God’s. Never fight battles that you will never win.
– Wake up @3 am and pray for your enemies and those who love you and move on.
– When you give don’t look at what that person or individual will do for you.
– Do good always.
– In Shona they say ” Ukaita zvakanaka vazviitira”.
Thrive for Excellence
Think Brilliant
Think positively
Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes in his personal capacity as a scholar and he can be contacted at [email protected]