Matthew 26:53 NKJV Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?

Let’s take a second to reflect on the meekness of Jesus. He was insulted, betrayed, and arrested. He was beatened, whipped, mocked, and insulted. He was spat on and crucified.

As we can see, He could have called over 70,000 angels to stop all the abuse, suffering, and humiliation. Jesus could have showed who He really was and silenced His critics. But His love to fulfill the Father’s will, His love for us, and His self-control empowered Him to suffer in silence. What constraint by the Son to have all that power, but not use it to accomplish a goal for us. That’s amazing.

When we run into situations where we know we’re right about something, we’re insulted, or we’re being mistreated, it’s not always our responsibility to fight that battle or confront that person. There will be times where God instructs us to stand down, say nothing, and let Him handle the situation.

Our flesh will absolutely hate it. Our flesh wants to give them a piece of our mind, tell them about themselves, make them feel real small, and put them in their place where they’ll think twice before they do this again to us or anyone else.

This is where we must put down our pride and ego and trust God to handle the situation. I guarantee He won’t handle the situation the way we expect Him to, but trust that He’ll work it out for our good (Gen. 50:20; Rom. 8:28).

Meanwhile, we can take a note from Jesus and all that He went through, and realize if He can innocently suffer, with all the power He had, we can shut our mouths and let God handle our situation. 

Confrontation is necessary in certain circumstances, but even in our confrontation, we must handle things His way. It all goes back to trust. Trust that God’s way is better.

Hebrews 12:2 NKJV looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.