WHAT LEVEL ARE YOU AT?

On which level of life are you living? 1. The Human Level, 2. The Demonic Level, or 3. The Divine Level?

We need to ask ourselves, what is the difference in these three levels?

On the Human Level, you return good for good and evil for evil. This is the way most people live. But, if you live on that kind of level, you really don't grow. In fact, you are just like other people. It sort of tears you down merely to return good for good and evil for evil. Is that the Christian way to live? No, I don't think it is. What it does, is turn life into a war of competition. It also turns life into something that is truly evil, and something very very selfish. Only God knows when something is truly evil. What someone might do to you today, might immediately turn out to be the best thing that's ever happened to you. On the surface, it may look like evil, but God can turn it into something good.

The Demonic Level - Turn to the book of Psalms, Chapter 35. We read here about those who returned evil for good. In verse 12, David said, "They reward me evil for good, to the sorrow of my soul." This is the level the Devil lives on. He always returns evil for good.

But, David lived on the Divine Level. He returned good for evil(vv. 13, 14). He really expressed love towards his enemies, didn't he? David learned to live on the divine level of life. He didn't simply return good for good and evil for evil, and he certainly didn't return evil for good. No, David returned good for evil. He anticipated the words of our Lord Jesus Christ: "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" (Matthew 5:44).

Let's live on the Divine Level - that dynamic level of love where we live like the Lord Jesus Christ.

WHAT LEVEL OF LIFE ARE YOU LIVING RIGHT NOW?

WHAT CAN YOU DO TODAY TO RETURN GOOD FOR EVIL?