By Warren W. Wiersbe, (excerpt)

 One of the worst things you and I can do is to take judgment into our own hands. God does everything so well. He can do them better than you and I can. Have you ever looked at a beautiful rose and watched it slowly, day after day, blossoming forth?

Have you ever tried to help it open?  You'll kill it. I recall reading about some children who tried to help a butterfly out of its cocoon. They killed it. God makes everything beautiful in His time. He causes everything to straighten out and line up in His name. If you have a problem in your life with a person or a circumstance, leave it with God.  "'Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,' says the Lord." (Rom.12:19)

 In verses 13-16 of Psalm 9 the psalmist was telling us, "Don't take judgment into your own hands. Let God take care of it. Let God be the judge, the jury and the prosecuting attorney. He knows more about this than we do. "The psalmist was assuring you and me that, in His time, God will catch those who are doing wrong...going to sink down into the pit that they have made. Sinners who have laid nets in the pathway are going to get caught into those nets themselves. "The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands" (v.16)

 It encourages me to know that I don't have to devote my time or energy, even my inward concern, to wondering to what's going to happen to all the evil in the world. God's going to take care of it. Of course, you and I as Christians should do our part to make this a better world. We are the salt of the earth. We are the light of the world. But we've been called to do something...we have the privilege of witnessing to them and letting them know that they can be saved...

 Shared by Joe Gatuslao