“Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.”
Romans 12:20 KJV
If your enemy is hungry, buy him lunch! Win him over with kindness. For your surprising generosity will awaken his conscience, and God will reward you with favor. These acts of kindness will be like heaping coals of fire on his head and certainly rid him of the dross in his mind and win him as a friend. A refiner would melt metal in a crucible and intensify the process by heaping coals of fire on it. This is good strategy, to be sensitive to the needs of our enemies. God sees gold in every person. Hostility cannot hide our true value. Christ won us while we were yet hostile towards Him. His kindness led us to the radical awakening of our minds. Let’s desire riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, for it is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance. Amen!
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