Thought for the day

#UnforgivenessandOffence

The two twins ( unforgiveness and offense) have become a major stumbling block in the body of Christ. They cause many to derail from their God given call, disconnect from divine connections and in the extreme turn totally away from Jesus.

As a starting point it is important to understand that offense is taken and not given. We have a choice as to whether we allow it to take root in our hearts or not. It is a very subtle process and is generally something small that is allowed to grow into something big. For example we may have a situation that arises where we aren’t greeted by somebody. At that point we have a choice to deal with it in a healthy way by engaging with the person in truth and asking them why they ignored us and if there was a reason. On most occasions we will find that the person will say that they are sorry and in fact were inside their own head or just very distracted.
However the other choice we have is to leave it and allow the enemy to get a foothold by attacking us in the area of our mind with all kinds of extreme lies. We will start feeling and thinking that person hates us. This starts building to the extent that we now have unforgiveness in our heart which leads to us eventually hating our brother or sister instead of loving them. This has a serious impact on our relationship with God.
Erick Bouwmeester
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