1 Peter 3-9.1.22

Scripture

1 Peter 3: 8-9

8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Observation

Peter talks about the importance of us doing good always, not just when we want to.

Understanding

Obviously we’re all human, right? When someone wrongs us, or when we have a grievance against someone, we’re not always going to treat them with kindness or respect, I’m sure most of us would want to yell or hurl vile insults at people. It's a very common issue, a very human  issue. The thing we need to keep in mind is what Peter tells us to do here; do good always, not just when we want to, but when we don’t want to. When we’re insulted or treated badly, we need to do good and not reciprocate those things, repaying them with blessings instead.

Life Application

We need to keep this on the forefront of our minds, not conforming to the patterns of this world when we’re treated badly or hurt, instead choosing to go the complete opposite direction by repaying those who wrong us with blessings.

-Anakin Cerda