Welcome to today’s meditation! We’re looking at the topic of forgiveness.
Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. (Matthew 6:12 NKJV)
If you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. (Matthew 6:14 NKJV)
Who can forgive sins, but God alone? (Mark 2:7 NKJV)
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. (John 20:23 NKJV)
. . . bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. (Colossians 3:13 NKJV)
It can be so difficult to forgive someone close to us who has hurt us deeply. When a spouse injures their marriage partner or a child injures a parent, or a friend injures a friend—the injured party feels devastated. Depending upon the nature of the offense and the closeness of the emotional tie, a person could feel betrayed, forsaken, and rejected.
Nevertheless, the Lord wants us to forgive those who offend us. He wants us to emulate Him. He desires us to bring Him glory by acting like He does!
You may say, “What? WHY should I forgive this person who has hurt me more deeply than anyone else ever has?” The Lord replies: “Because I forgave you! I set my love upon Adam and Eve, but they betrayed Me, and turned over their earthly authority to satan! Yet, I still forgave them completely.”
The Lord isn’t asking us to do anything that He hasn’t already done! He wants us to love and forgive others by faith through grace. Grace is the supernatural ability to do something which we couldn’t have done otherwise. That’s how we bring God glory, honor, and praise. Take part in this divine circle of forgiveness which demonstrates to God our obedience, love, and faith in Him.
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