Pro 25:21-22 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head,
and the LORD shall reward thee.
These are very familiar verses. I have quoted them myself. But I have to admit
that I quoted them with the wrong attitude. There have been people in my life
that when I was around them these verses came to mind, with the emphasis on
the heaps of coal on their head. This is not what God intended with these verses, I
wasn’t supposed to be eager for the coals, God intended for my heart to be like
His and have a real compassion for these people. I was reminded I was once an
enemy of God. Eph 2:1-6 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of
this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: I am especially glad today that God is a God of second chances and that He will still speak to us through His word, if we’re willing to listen.