FORGIVENESS

References

Matthew 6:14
Colossians 3:12,13
Ephesians 4:32

                                               You are a person of feelings. Everyday you entertain lot of feelings as you move along with people, while working, speaking etc..,When somebody does harm to you, or speaks against you, you get hurt and immediately develop negative feelings about them. You think about it for awhile and later as you become busy in our works, you forget and try to become normal. But the hurt that caused the wound is still inside you. No matter the event happened 10 days, 6 months, 2 years or 20 years ago, the moment you come across those people, you think about them or any similar event happens,immediately the wound is touched and the feelings would trigger as though it has happened yesterday. And constant anger, bitter feelings roll on which leads you into some foolish decisions. But these feelings must be confronted with the Word called "Forgiveness." If they are not confronted with forgiveness, then you will be like a dump truck that carries all the garbage in the city. You donot know that you are carrying somethings which will destroy you. You lose your peace, joy, creativity and all that God wanted you to have.  

                                                Forgiveness is not simply what you say with your mouth but is an act of your own will. Forgiveness needs to come into your will more than you say to your people or God "I forgive".Everyday you need to kneel down in the presence of God and say"Lord this is the person who is holding my thoughts, this is the feeling that has developed because of this woman." If you don't bring them before God and forgive them, you will not be forgiven. The work of the Holy Spirit is that He wants every child to be lifted into His presence. But you cannot enter His presence with all these bitter feelings. God has prepared a way for Himself by sending His Son Jesus Christ i.e the Word of God. So, first you saturate yourself with the Word and then you say, "God, I forgive myself because I was hurted. I forgive everything, every situation and every person who has come against me." Then He cleanses you and lifts you up in His presence and makes you to stand in the Holy of Holies.   

                                                    In a given negative situation where you got every right to be angry, you can either choose to be angry or choose to lay down your right and say "I forgive you." Ephesians 4: 26 says, "Be angry but do not sin." Sometimes God is also angry and that doesn't mean that God is evil. His anger is, but for a moment. His anger is never connected with what you and I have done in the past. In Isaiah 43: 25 God said, "I, even I, Am He who blots out your transgressions for my sake." When you begin to apply forgiveness, you will begin to know the boundaries of anger and you are also controlling the bitter feelings not to trigger . In Matthew 18: 21-22 when Peter asked Jesus how many times I need to forgive my brother? Jesus said 70 times 7 a day and it means 490 times in a day. If you just say once and feel that you have forgiven then you are decieved. They are ready to trigger back at any moment if somebody touches those matters. The hurt inside you is a deadly wound and it would always make you to endup in hatred. So, the moment you hear, see, think or remember the person immediately you must say. God, I have already forgiven them and I have nothing against them. Then anytime you look at that person, you will have joy and peace inside you.   
                                                  
Your willingness to forgive is very important for you. Progression comes only with forgiveness. Unforgiveness is a very costly price you pay. Everything which God has put for you lies dormant. But as you put on forgiveness, you can do the will of God. God can trust you for His work. You will love yourself and God begins to bless you , your home, your business.

Would You Choose To Forgive.