Living Grace Foursquare
How to Overcome Betrayal
King David's Complicated Life When was the last time your trust was broken? For some of us, it feels like it happens far too often. The king’s life is a story constant betrayal. Are there keys to wholeness and healing? How can we trust again? Psalm 55: 12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—then I could hide from him. 13 But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.
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It's not IF we will be betrayed but when. We all experience the sting of betrayal.
The closer the relationship, the greater the sting
1. Satan betrays Eve
a. Our adversary, the devil enticed Eve with secret knowledge, "you will be like God". He convinced her to question the clear direction of God.
2. Cain betrays Abel (Gen 4)
a. Both brothers gave offerings to God but only Abel’s was acceptable.
b. Cains heart burned with anger and envy.
a. Our adversary, the devil enticed Eve with secret knowledge, "you will be like God". He convinced her to question the clear direction of God.
2. Cain betrays Abel (Gen 4)
a. Both brothers gave offerings to God but only Abel’s was acceptable.
b. Cains heart burned with anger and envy.
3. Joseph's brothers betrayed him Genesis 37
“When your sense of justice is dialed in by envy, the bullseye will feel like justice for you, though the bullet will hit the other person as betrayal.” Daniel McCoy
1. The first key is to cry out to God. Though we may want to strike back, take revenge, we need to take our cause to the Lord first.
a. “Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing” (1 Peter 3:9). ESV
a. “Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing” (1 Peter 3:9). ESV
2. Follow Jesus' Example
a. “Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. . . . Pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:39, 44).
b. 1 Peter 1: When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
We do good even to those who do us wrong.
It’s important to recognize unhealthy patterns and not allow yourself to stay in them
a. “Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. . . . Pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:39, 44).
b. 1 Peter 1: When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
We do good even to those who do us wrong.
It’s important to recognize unhealthy patterns and not allow yourself to stay in them
3. The God-given grace of forgiveness is a powerful key in overcoming the bitterness of betrayal
Forgiveness takes you from under the burden and places you above it.
Forgiveness takes you from under the burden and places you above it.
4. Continue to trust in Him to get us through
a. ! Peter 5:7 casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]. AMP
a. ! Peter 5:7 casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]. AMP
5. Don’t “Over-spiritualize” our emotions by denying what we feel, pretending its no big deal
a. Doing that masks the pain and delays healing.
a. Doing that masks the pain and delays healing.
Faithful service to God does not mean immunity from hardship (John 16:33).
If you have experienced God’s love, then you understand what it means to be loved unconditionally and undeservedly.
Only with the help of God’s Spirit can we love and pray for those who have betrayed us.
Only with the help of God’s Spirit can we love and pray for those who have betrayed us.