Rescue Your Future – Forgive
In the journey of life, someone will offend you -
deliberately or unknowingly. You will be let down, taken advantage of and even
sabotaged or something worse! In the process, you will be hurt and often
experience pain that goes deep into your soul.
That is why it is of paramount importance that you guard your heart
against bitterness.
Bitterness grows from unforgiven offense and hurt. The hurt finds root when you entertain and harbor
resentment against your offenders.
Before long, the root germinates and buds into bitterness. This heavy
emotion is such a dominating force. When it grabs your heart, your thoughts and
energy revolve around what happened and the pain it has caused. It robs you of joy
and hope resulting in health problems and depression. In trying to imprison
offenders in your heart, you effectively imprison yourself in the past. Harboring
bitterness is like keeping a snake in your heart, it will only bite the one
carrying it.
Unforgiveness not only creates trouble for you and those
around you, it ultimately creates problems with God. It hinders prayer and
provides a landing pad for evil in your life. Therefore, to avoid suffering
double jeopardy of being offended as well as being condemned to a life of
carrying offense. Rescue your future by finding grace to forgive. Remember that your offender is free and may
not even be aware you are hurting that much. Let go and move on. The cross of
Christ readily teaches and avails sufficient grace for us to forgive.
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