THE PARADOX OF FORGIVING LOVE God’s concept of love is so radically different from ours. We tend to love what we like. He love what is in our best interest. We are inclined to forgive when we think it is in our best interest. He wants us to forgive when it is in the best interest of someone else. We are inclined to embrace what is comfortable and to avoid what brings pain. He tells us; “LET LOVE BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY. ABHOR WHAT IS EVIL. CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD” (Romans 12:9). Loving others requires a willingness to forgive. Forgiving others requires a willingness to love. Both require a deepening relationship with God to make us a reflection of His good heart to those with whom we have a relationships. On then is love “perfected among us”… that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). The ability to love and forgive can begin only after we have been forgiven by God. Have You take that first step? Have you experienced the joy of a restored relationship with God through forgiveness of you sins that he offers through faith in his Son? If not, humble yourself, acknowledge you inability to pay the debt of your sin, asked Him to forgive you, and accept His forgiveness. Accept Christ today and begin to experience the freedom to forgive others as God has forgiven you.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:04:15 +0000