Breaking Free From BULLYING

The End of Bullying

"Man has dominated man to his injury." (Ecclesiastes 8:9)  That is how the Bible summarized human history. Indeed, bullying has plagued mankind for thousands of years.  A Bible writer said: "I myself returned that I might see all the acts of oppression that are being done under the sun, and, look! the tears of those being oppressed, but they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, so that they had no comforter." -Ecclesiastes 4:1. 

However, God surely sees all the bullying that is going on in the world, and he feels for those who are being oppressed.  But will he ever do anything about it?  Yes, he will! Note his promise found at Micah 4:4: "They will actually sit, each one under his own vine and under his fig tree, and there will be no one making them tremble; for the mouth of Jehovah of armies has spoken it." 

Think what the world will be like when that promise is fulfilled. No one to make others tremble in fear-no bullies!  Does that  not sound appealing?  But God has done more than promise such a future. Right now a highly effective Bible education program is under way globally.  It is reaping positive results.  Those sharing in it are taught to alter their more aggressive personality traits, to remain at peace with one another, and to treat others with respect and dignity.  (Ephesians 4:22-24)  Very soon the effects of this superlative instruction will permeate the earth and the problem of bullying will no longer exist.  God's promises recorded in the Bible will be a reality. Everyone then living will enjoy a world without bullies!

Next time:  Young People Ask . . How Can I Stop Trying to Be Perfect?

From the Awake! magazine, 2003