23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
There is a great possibility in this world you will be misunderstood. You may be unfairly attacked. You may be beaten both physically and emotionally. This is nothing new. In fact the one whose mark we bear modeled this kind of reality in the life He lived. However, He did it in a radically different way than we tend to. When we are attacked by others there is a tendency to equate the attack as fair or unfair. The challenge with this kind of thinking is that we are dealing with imperfect people. They can attack or judge based on the emotion of the moment and not the reality of the situation.
I love what Peter says here about Jesus. Jesus entrusted Himself to the smile of one person, that being His Heavenly Father. When we follow in Jesus' footsteps here there is no guarantee that other's will not attack. But, I believe in the moment when we do face an unfair attack that the Holy Spirit comes in during that time of weakness and lends support. Sometimes that is in a strengthening whisper, in boldness, in clarity. This brings me hope.
Heart and Soul,
BAG
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