We have been looking at forgiveness, but what should our forgiveness look like lived out?
Read Luke 23:34 and journal your thoughts
Take a moment and allow those words to really sink in. While Jesus is being killed, in that same moment, Jesus asks his Father to forgive them. Now Jesus is not just praying this prayer because it is something he has to do as Messiah, but Jesus actually means it. This is the crazy part, Jesus is pleading with his Father to forgive them for the things they are doing right then.
Think about the times in our lives when someone deeply hurts us, how do we naturally react to these situations? Is our first reaction to forgive them or to get them back? If Jesus is reflecting the nature of God, then God’s natural reaction when someone sins against Him is to forgive. If we are to be the people that God is calling us to be, then our natural reaction when people hurt us should be forgiveness, pleading with God to show them mercy for the very things they are doing to us in that moment.
May you learn the power of forgiveness. May you learn to let go of those old grudges that have been holding you down for years. And may you discover the freedom of forgiveness.
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