Forgive

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"And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that You Father in Heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will Your Father in Heaven forgive your trespasses."  Mark 11:25-26. NKJV

When someone hurts us, we must forgive them. If someone says bad things about us and injures our reputation, we must forgive them. What about when people lie about us and falsely accuse us, what should we do then? Forgive them. Of course, this is if we are a Christian. In the secular world, people will repay the person in a whole different manner, even involving court cases and personal vendettas. But as a Christian, we must forgive them; otherwise we won't be forgiven by God, what we have done wrong.

It's difficult isn't it? Especially when we want to go up to someone and rip their head off. This however, is taking things into our own hands. God wants us to forgive them,  
then He will handle things His way. God's Word says, 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay', says the Lord.'
And believe me, He will repay them, but possibly not straightaway and not in the way we would expect Him to. After all, He loves them too. Now that is hard to handle when these people have done what they have to hurt us. It's hard, but we need to trust Him. He will repay them at some stage.

Sometimes, people hurt us because they're jealous of us; of what we have; what we do and how successful we may be. So what should we do about this. We do have to do something. We need to forgive them and -  wait for it -  pray for them, in fact bless them. It sounds like God has a sense of humour, but doing this is very worth it in the long run. We will be the one who is blessed by forgiving and praying for the person who has done us wrong.

So, we should not blast them out of the place. We should not even confront them; unless this is going to be a viable option. The trouble is, they may deny it and then an argument can begin and this can make it even worse, unless of course, you have concrete proof, but that can be dodgy too. It is far better to leave it with God and forgive and pray for them. He is far more experienced than we will ever be.

Let us be Holy Spirit led and not head led. Let us be open to the Holy Spirit and allow Him to guide the way through this problem. The blessing will then come.

I would love to hear from you.  dailylifewithjesus@protonmail.com