Rejoicing When Others Fall
We get news almost every day about how those around us are doing in their lives. We get to hear the success stories. Hopefully, we will rejoice with others when good things happen in their lives. Then, we hear about the bad things that happen to those we know. Hopefully we grieve with them and pray for them. However, we do have to resist our flesh sometimes when we hear about these things. We can be jealous when people succeed, and we can sometimes rejoice when people fall. That displeases God every time. The people of Tyre lived on the Mediterranean Sea. They had a huge fleet of ships that they sent to trade with many nations of the world. God gave Ezekiel a message for Tyre to explain to them why He was going to destroy them. (Ezekiel 26:2) "Son of man, Tyre has rejoiced over the fall of Jerusalem saying, "Ha! She who was the gateway to the rich trade routes to the east has been broken, and I am the heir. Because she has been made desolate, I will become wealthy." We ...