THE OVERCOMER

HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div

“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21

Help me, my Lord, to return good for evil.

It is a fruitful training and discipline for my own soul. Many a grace will be fostered within me by the blessed exercise.

• The grace of watchfulness — for there are ungenerous and revengeful dispositions against which I must be on my guard.
• The grace of prayerfulness — for I shall need God’s support and God’s Spirit if I am to succeed in the hard exercise.
• The grace of gentleness — for to forbear and to forgive will fill my heart with new tenderness and love.

It is the path, moreover, which my Master has trodden before me. He was always overcoming evil with good . . .
among His disciples and among His enemies,
in His words and in His deeds,
when He lived and when He died.

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A PRAYER FOR STRENGTH

He prayed for those who despitefully used Him. He blessed those who cursed Him. He gave Himself for sinners — for me, and for you, unthankful and loveless. Surely, whatever my Lord the King has done for me — it is good for me to do unto others.

And it is the weapon which will best conquer an adversary and transmute him into a friend. Love achieves, what vengeance will never succeed in achieving. Unmerited kindness is a thousand times more prevailing, than merited judgment. The still small voice penetrates souls which are closed against the stormy wind and the earthquake and the fire. It is only the heart’s blood, the fable says, which melts adamant — and is not the fable true?

Love is the chain which binds sweet peace to me.

“But I say to you: 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