Proverbs 25:21

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

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If you’ve ever watched Stranger Things, you know about “The Upside Down”—that eerie world where everything looks familiar but operates by a completely different logic.

That’s how Proverbs 25:21 hits: “If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.”

Yeah… God’s Kingdom is so upside down to this world… but it’s so right side up to us who have been touched by it!

Think about the way the world normally works, it’s so predictable: Protect your neck. Get yours first. Win by overpowering.

But Scripture is upside up.

🌀 The Kingdom Runs on Reverse-Logic

If you ever seen the movie or read the book: Ready Player One, the logic was that you “win the race” by driving backward. Not forward. Not harder. Backward…First–last…Last–first. ( Ah, sound familiar)

The move nobody imagined was the move that saved the game.

That’s the gospel all day.

🧠 Abundance > Scarcity (Thanks Peter Diamandis)

In the classic book Abundance, Peter Diamandis argues that the biggest breakthroughs happen when you stop thinking with a scarcity mindset.

Scarcity says: “Is that my Enemy? Starve him.”

Abundance says: “Was that my Enemy? Not when I feed him.”

Scarcity protects the self. Abundance transforms the whole situation.

Scarcity builds walls. Abundance builds bridges.

This is why Jesus said: “Love your enemies. Bless them. Do good to them.”

He wasn’t being poetic—He was giving us a strategy that actually reshapes the outcome.

❤️ Imagination Is the Engine of Obedience

The only way to treat an enemy like a neighbor is to imagine them as one first.

Childlike imagination. Holy imagination. Kingdom imagination.

Not fantasy… Heavenly Vision.

“You’re not my enemy… you’re someone becoming.”

That type of imagination alone can de-escalate a conflict, soften a heart, or prevent a war. Imagine if nations practiced it:

What if the Middle East was fed, not threatened by us? What if China was honored, not feared by us? What if Russia was dialogued with, not demonized by us?

Feeding an enemy is far from weakness. It’s world-altering.

It’s the upside-down move that breaks the cycle.

⚡ Remember

When you bless an enemy, you’re not losing the battle… you’re changing the rules.

Prayer

Lord, flip my instincts so love leads where fear ruled.

Today’s Challenge

Think of one person you avoid, resent, or internally fight. Do one upside-down act toward them today— a kindness they’d never expect.

Feed the moment. Water the possibility. Break the cycle.

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