In Proverbs, chapter sixteen, verse seven, “When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.” The verse applies to God’s promise to His people that the land in which they dwell would be preserved from hostility if they do His will, as in Exodus thirty-four, verse twenty-four and Second Chronicles seventeen, verse ten.
The New Testament believers, however, will experience the hostility of their enemies – Satan and the world – in many cases because they are doing the will of God, as in Matthew five, verse ten, Luke twenty-one, verses seventeen through eighteen, John fifteen, verse twenty, and Acts fourteen, verse nineteen, respectively.
Everyone in this world will experience having enemies, as it is a natural part of life. No one can live without experiencing some form of opposition. They are usually created through envy or jealousy, and in most cases, begin with what they see or what they hear. Sometimes, people experience having enemies for being themselves, without doing anything to anyone. To take it further, some don’t even know they have one until they are told.
“All our enemies have opened their mouths against us, as in Lamentations three, verse forty-six. An enemy begins with an assumption. “Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. Some people take it so far that the outcome is fatal. Despite all that, “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool, as in Psalms one hundred and ten, verse one. How? The answer is above and below the theme verse. “By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.”