Do Not Gloat

It's human nature for us to get a little excited when our "enemy" or someone we really dislike, or has hurt us screws up. They get caught cheating on their wife. They lose their job. That neighbor that always parks in front of your yard gets pulled over by the cops for speeding. The person that betrayed your trust gets hurt by someone they trusted. The list could go on and on and on. But that's not how the Bible says we should react.

Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice, or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn His wrath away from him.

Proverbs 24:17-18

Wow, how convicting is that! "Do not let your heart rejoice"...If we even allow ourselves to rejoice inwardly, the Lord will see that in our hearts and turn His wrath away from your enemy. So if we rejoice in our enemy's suffering, the Lord will take away His wrath. We must make the conscious effort to deny our heart from rejoicing. It's not the easiest thing to do. But sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same. (The Fray - All At Once)