"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit."
Psalm 51:10 - 12 NKJV
Yesterday, we had a look at adultery and the devastation and betrayal of it all and how it can completely destroy relationships and family life. Today, let's focus in more on forgiveness and how God really can promote a brand new start.
1 John 1:9 states: 'If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.' That is it in a nutshell. This is how God operates, once we confess all that we have done wrong, He forgives and chooses to forget about it all. The sad thing about sin is that, it cannot be erased from a person's mind. If someone has been betrayed by adultery, it can be total torment that plays on the mind every day. It ruins relationships because the injured party becomes paranoid believing that their partner is committing adultery again. Many marriages break down because of this, but they don't have to.
If the adulterer confesses their sin and repents, the wounded party, if they want the relationship to continue, must forgive otherwise, they too will not be forgiven their sins when they ask Mark 11:25-26. Some marriages can't survive this and the offended party, chooses not to forgive because, they did nothing wrong in the first place. But they will still be held by this statement when they eventually meet Jesus.
If a marriage is worth saving then, something has to happen and that is forgiveness. It's a wonderful thing to forgive someone and receive forgiveness yourself. The world may not forgive but God will and He expects us to as well. Just think for a moment, where would we be if Jesus told us that He would not forgive us for something. It would be awful. Thankfully, through the blood shed at the cross, we are forgiven.
You know, none of us are perfect and, we make mistakes, some of them are very costly. You may be one of those people. You may have made the biggest mistake of your life. All you can do is ask for forgiveness and trust that God will bring you through this. If you truly mean it, He will, but it may not be the way you would have wanted it to. You just have to trust Him.
If you are the injured party, just think for a moment; do you love your partner or are you willing to lose them. The decision has got to be yours. If there is a tiny speck of love left, then if you wish to give that speck to Jesus, He can perform something wonderful and turn that speck into an atom of love and security. He truly can.
You need to seriously think things through - the both of you and if, there is a chance, take it.
Copyriight 2021 Grahame Howard
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