by Dr. Michael G. Sisson
Has someone mistreated you? Has someone taken advantage of you? Has someone done you wrong? We could all answer “yes” to these questions, and usually our first thought is, “I will get you back; I will get even.” If, or when, you find yourself in this situation, remember this story.
While Leonardo daVinci was painting “The Last Supper,” he had an intense and bitter argument with a fellow painter. DaVinci felt like he had been mistreated, and he began to think of a way to get back at this one who had wronged him. He came up with a devious plan.
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He decided to paint the face of his enemy onto the face of Judas Iscariot so it would be captured for time immortal. So that is exactly what he did. When people came to look at his work in progress, they immediately knew who “Judas” was. DaVinci’s friends, who knew of the disagreement between the two, told DaVinci, “Boy, you showed him. You got him back.”
As he continued his work on this great painting of Christ and His disciples, he finally came to the face he had saved for the very end—the face of Jesus. But he could not bring himself to paint it. Time and again he took his brush and tried to paint the face of Christ, but it seemed like all inspiration had left him.
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DaVinci was greatly troubled knowing that he had painted the face of his enemy as the face of Judas Iscariot. He soon realized his hatred and bitterness was keeping him from being able to paint the face of Christ. So he went back to the image of Judas and painted some nebulous face thereon. Then he was able to paint the face of Christ.
Is there an unforgivingness that is keeping you from the face of Christ? Is there an “I will get him back” that is keeping you from the Master?
