I’ll Take The Hit, It Is For A Good Cause…
1 Kings 3:16-27 Amplified Bible (AMP)
16Then two women who had become mothers out of wedlock came and stood before the king. 17And one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18And the third day after I was delivered, this woman also was delivered. And we were together; no stranger was with us, just we two in the house. 19And this woman's child died in the night because she lay on him. 20And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me while your handmaid slept and laid him in her bosom and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21And when I rose to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I had considered him in the morning, behold, it was not the son I had borne. 22But the other woman said, No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son! And this one said, No! But the dead son is your son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king. 23The king said, One says, This is my son that is alive and yours is the dead one. The other woman says, No! But your son is the dead one and mine is the living one. 24And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword to the king. 25And the king said, Divide the living child in two and give half to the one and half to the other. 26Then the mother of the living child said to the king, for she yearned over her son, O my lord, give her the living baby, and by no means slay him. But the other said, Let him not be mine or yours, but divide him. 27Then the king said, Give her [who pleads for his life] the living baby, and by no means slay him. She is the child's mother.
Today’s message in the music is “Blame It On Me,” by Chrisette Michele, the chorus says “You can say whatever you like as long as we just say goodbye. Blame it on me, say it's my fault. Say that I left you outside in the cold with a broken heart. I really don't care, I ain't crying no more. Say I'm a liar, a cheater, say anything that you want as long as it's over.” During my lifetime I have been in relationships where the person I was in relationship accused me of fault that I knew I was not guilty of. I know that this is not unique to me; we have all found ourselves in places with people where they have accused us of wrong when in actuality they were in the wrong and they would try to deflect their emotional status upon someone else. Often times when people are protesting too much there are underlying issues that are going on, when they are adamant about proving you wrong or especially if they are on a mission to prove that you have victimized them, there are things that are going on even the best defense cannot master or subdue. There is a Shakespearian saying “Doeth She Protest too Much?” Sometimes I have learned to just take the hit, because I have come to understand God is my defense.
The one thing I have learned through counseling people and just life in general, is that the truth will eventually always come out. I have had young women stressed because their baby’s daddy has said he couldn’t see the child because of them, when it actuality it was his choice. I have had men, denied access to their children because the mother was using the child as a pawn, and their children being made to think that the father just did not want to be a part of their life. But time always reveals, especially when we give it to God and allow Him to handle it. When we garner our own defense we do it out of emotion or the need to vindicate ourselves, when God does it, He does it to prove a point and to subdue or eliminate the enemy. I have watched as family dynamics have unfolded before me as children have finally talked to parents, and found the truth of the matter, and the sense of betrayal that the children have turned and not spoke to the custodial parent, because of the lies and deceit. I have watched as friends have blamed other friends for their inappropriate behavior and then involved other people by trying to slander their name, and I have watched how the truth has come out and they have been subject to coming back and apologizing for their inappropriate behavior and their lies and innuendoes.
Sometimes it is best just to let people talk their talk. Throw their tantrum. Wage their accusations, because The Bible reminds us that God is more than the world against us and He is greater than anything in this world. The Bible also reminds us in Psalms 37:1 “fret not yourself because of evil doers,” even ones that will use God and scripture in their diatribe. Know that if you are walking up right before God He is your Jehovah Tsidkenu (your righteousness) and He is your Jehovah Nissi ( the banner which flies over you). Remember when Jesus was accused, He said not a word in His defense, but God proved to all, exactly who He was and the power that rested with Him just as He will do in our case. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. Let them say their piece, let them cats the blame, just let it be, for God will vindicate you and bring it to a close in a way that will identify who side He is really on and who you belong to!
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