Forgiveness

A few days ago we looked at the promise of living by faith. Anything and everything good and wonderful is possible by faith.

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."

You can receive whatever you can believe. But nothing will short-circuit your believing like unforgiveness.

Holding unforgiveness in your heart is like drinking poison and hoping that the other person will suffer.

You may protest, thinking that forgiveness is the same as condoning the wrong actions of another. To forgive another is not to say that he is innocent. It is to release your right to judge him.

Let God be the judge of another, not you. Why? Because you yourself will one day need mercy, not judgement.

We so often judge other people by their actions, while judging ourselves by our intentions. What hypocracy!

For your own sake, follow the Word. Forgive, from your heart. After all, the person who hurt you, was probably doing the best he knew, with what he had.

That's why Jesus was able to say it from the cross, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."

It's not a feeling. It is a choice.

Bless you!