The Mark - No. 81 Fat Bullies

Never demand or enforce by terrifying people or by accusing wrongfully and always be satisfied with your supplies and wages. Luke 3:14

No matter how thin a bully may be (s)he will not be able to squeeze through the narrow gate. Think of bullying as added fat. Think of all sins as fat that makes it impossible to get through the narrow gate.

The bully has a severe problem with pride and ego, and a blindness to how much greater God is than (s)he.

Sharpshooters who hit the Mark with relative ease can’t understand the hubris that allows a person to tell him or herself that (s)he can bend the will of another, when the Almighty God never forces anyone to do His Will.

God is extremely tolerant or else He would have given up on this project with humankind long ago. It’s true that He regretted the Flood after all was said and done, but it didn’t take long for Noah’s sons to start the distortion of the image of God in humans all over again.

On a positive note, to be satisfied with our position and wages is a sign of humility. It is knowing that we will always receive our daily bread, and that we are as cared for as the lillies of the field and the birds of the air.

Security yields kindness.