“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness.”
Acts 26:18
So many hearts remain lost, cold, and unaware of God’s love and fullness simply because they will not forgive.
However, we often forget the guilty hearts overwhelmed with sorrow and shame because they are yet be forgiven by those they wronged.
Repentance is for all and none, no one is beyond redemption. Please remember that.
Could it be that the enemy took heed of God’s clear instruction even more than we did? Could it be that the enemy wages war against us in this most simple yet consequential manner because it keeps us from receiving our much-needed forgiveness from our Father?
The Word not only tells us we can forgive, it mandates us to forgive. I mean it says it right there that our sins are forgiven as we forgive those who have wronged us. No compromises.
It’s no coincidence that forgiveness is such a battle for most of us. It is no ordinary thing that forgiving hurts even more than what we are trying to forgive in the first place. Only God knows why we feel such strong forces within our hearts as we walk towards forgiveness.
Until recently when God delivered a personal miracle to me in the form of forgiveness, I could never speak on that sacred F-Word because I know we all have our own ways of coping with pain, hurt, and discomfort that we hold others responsible for.
I know now that those forces we inwardly feel, are chains of the enemy breaking loose as we move even closer to the freedom of glorifying God because of our own forgiveness.
The enemy may think he has succeeded in convincing many of God’s children that they cannot and should not forgive. But remember dear friend that the devil is a liar!
To each his own. That’s why forgiveness is usually a long road we must walk alone. You have to understand the full gravity of forgiveness and why it resonated through the life of Christ our Lord. Jesus was our forgiveness. So, forgiveness is no small feat. It is a great deal for us as followers of Christ.
Child of God, it is time to forgive and be forgiven.
Glory be to God for the spiritual discernment to see that not forgiving others is no more than another form of disobedience to our merciful God.
My prayer today, is that God almighty grants us the boldness to trample the lies of the enemy and cling on to forgiveness of our sins as we forgive those who have wronged us. May the fullness of God’s grace and mercy be evident in your life as you walk towards forgiveness today in Jesus name. Amen.
