As I think about today’s study, I know I have a long way to go in my journey. I can immediately think of individuals who i need to forgive, letting go of the offenses that k have received or perceived. I’m quite sure most of them know nothing of the resentment that wells up inside me when i see them. My holding on the hurt is like drinking my poison, doing nothing to them. Perhaps I worry too much about my guilt on these matters, because I’m not trying to be vengeful or making revengeful actions. I’m moving on as best I can. I know Gkd is working, pursuing them as much as me. He wants these individuals to seek Him and it’s not up to me to save them or correct them.
“When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself.” — Lewis B. Smedes, Forgive and Forget
“Each of us must answer honestly before God:
1. Do I have the divine nature within me, or am I merely pretending to be a Christian?
2. Do I cultivate this divine nature by daily Bible reading and prayer?
3. Has any unconfessed sin defiled my inner man? Am I willing to confess and forsake it?
4. Do I allow my old nature to control my thoughts and desires, or does” - Excerpt, Be Real (1 John) by Warren W. Wiersbe
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