Week 33 Obadiah
A verse in Obadiah is already underlined in my bible: the day of the Lord is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head. I underline the second phrase again: as you have done, it will be done to you.
It seems to me like an important thing to keep in mind. I’ve seen it before:
Joshua asks Achan: why have you brought this disaster on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today
Adoni-bezek: now God has paid me back for what I did
David to Shimei: now the Lord will repay you for your wrongdoing
Nehemiah prays: remember me with favor, O my God, for all I have done for this people
Haman’s scheme: came back on his own head
David about an evil person: the trouble he causes recoils on himself.
There’s quite a few like that.
As you have done, it will be done to you sounds to me like a rock-solid principle that operates everywhere and always. Which means it applies to me too: as I have done, it will be done to me.
I move through my life accumulating all my behaviours. Most of them might disappear from my memory but none of them get disconnected from their own repercussions.
Note: quotes from Obadiah 15 Joshua 7:25 Judges 1:7 I Kings 2:44 Nehemiah 5:19 Esther 9:25 Psalm 7:16 Proverbs (NIV)