Jeremiah 11:18-20 / John 7:40-52
Life is unpredictable with its many twists and turns.
That is already enough to make us worry and anxious.
To add on to that, people can also be unpredictable.
Especially those whom we once knew as friends suddenly turn against us.
For one reason or another, they chose to go against us and even be malicious and vicious toward us.
Certainly we can retaliate and do unto them what they did to us.
But in the 1st reading, the prophet Jeremiah gives us another perspective.
He was unaware of the schemes of those who were plotting against him.
He may not have even thought of them as his enemies.
But the Lord revealed it to him and hence he was warned.
But Jeremiah knew that he can’t resist them and so he put his life into the hands of the Lord God.
When we, like Jeremiah, commit our lives to the Lord, then we would not think of retaliation or vengeance.
God will protect us and guide us through the dangers and the snares of life.