It is easy to say “Away with Him, kill him” when you are not the one to be killed. Parents would bitterly discipline their children for an offence they too had committed in the past and were not killed.
The scripture we read today reveals how wicked people can be. A servant, who owed his master so much, just as we owed God so much, was forgiven but could not forgive his colleague, but locked him up in the police cell. This cruelty made his master reverse the mercy he had shown him earlier.
Friend, who are the people you have refused to forgive? No matter what they have done, you’ve done worse things to God. The truth is that you are doing more harm to yourself when you don’t forgive others. This will create tension and bitterness in your heart and make you lose strength (Hebrews 12:15). Many people’s heaven is blocked because of unforgiveness. But as soon as you forgive, your rain starts falling again. Job was badly wounded by his friends when they attempted to correct him (Job 16:2). But he began to experience restoration when he prayed for his friends (Job 42:10). Arise, take a bold step today, and forgive those who offend you. Your strength shall be restored in a double way for progress.
PRAYER: LORD, GRANT ME THE GRACE TO ALWAYS
FORGIVE OTHERS.
“LET GO AND LET GOD”
