Forgiveness: Needed in Your Life!

The Jewish community will be celebrating the High Holy Days which end in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.  This is a special time when God will be forgiving and forgetting past mistakes………. but only if you have forgiven others.  That’s why being a Disciple and Believer of Jesus becomes so important to us.  Its forgiveness of our sins!

Forgiveness should be a natural for those of us who are Believers.  Its part of who we are and what we are to do.  Easy to say but so difficult. 

Someone has really hurt your feelings.  They have lied about you and said terrible things about you.  Some people owe you money.  They have never paid you back…….not one penny!  You have sisters or brothers who don’t want to keep in touch.  They neglected your parents and all their care depended on you.  You even had to pay the bills at the nursing home.

                                                  Forgiveness. 

Only the mercy and grace of God’s forgiveness through Jeshua (Jesus) frees us to forgive others.  The need for reconciliation is urgent and even more so in these days of conflict.

Reconciliation may seem out of reach to those who ignore the teachings of our Messiah and Lord.  “Do unto others as you want them to do to you.”  We all want forgiveness.  Not only to those whom we might have harmed, but we need to practice forgiveness toward those who have harmed us. 

God alone sees everything, has no memory problems, and is 100% accurate about all our wrongs.  We have no excuses before Him.  He knows our hearts as well as our outward performances.  We might say we forgive others and probably mean it but there is a “heart problem” which isn’t easily solved. 

Colossians 3:13 tells us. “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you.  Remember the Lord forgave you, you must forgive others. “

Its important to confess our sins. But can you imagine having to answer to the Lord for each and every sin you ever committed?  Thankfully we don’t have to regurgitate all the gory details of our past.

 In fact, the ministry of reconciliation “is, that God was in Jesus, reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them and committed to us the word of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:19)

This should not be a one time a year event.  We as Believers need to make this happen on a daily basis.  There will always be people who offend us.  That’s because we live in a fallen world. 

May God use our love and forgiveness to help reconcile many people to God and to one another, through the forgiveness of our Savior and Lord.

                        Its what needed in your life and mine!