THOSE WHO REPAY GOOD WITH EVIL - PART 5

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 32: 24-25 (NIV) 
Topic: People say “Thank you” by giving a proud response to their lover. 

In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign. BUT HEZEKIAH’S HEART WAS PROUD AND HE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE KINDNESS SHOWN HIM; THEREFORE THE LORD’S WRATH WAS ON HIM AND ON JUDAH AND JERUSALEM.
2 Chronicles 32:24-25 (NIV)

There are proud responses to good things. God has given you His good things and He expects you to respond like a child. What is the response of a child? A child’s response is a humble response. It is an excited, overjoyed, emotional and ecstatic response to the smallest good thing that is done to you. 

Unfortunately, Hezekiah’s response was a proud response and it brought the wrath of God upon him. 

What is a proud response? A proud response is when you do not lift your head up to speak. You cannot even turn your neck because it is as though your head and neck are merged together. 

A proud response is when there are no smiles, there is no laughter, there is no jumping and there is no excitement. 

Are you a proud responder? Are you like Hezekiah? Are you going to be rebuked because you responded proudly to love? 

Credit: Excerpt from
How Can I Say Thanks
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

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