Forgive or Not to Forgive, That is the Question...

Forgiveness is by far one of the single hardest things a person can do. That being said, the greatest struggles that we go through are our greatest victories. I once heard a man say that holding a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Grudges will eat you alive from the inside out. It is one of the best weapons the enemy has, and we cannot let him win. Forgiveness is the tool that God gave us to overcome our offended hearts.

Unforgiveness will also hold you back from receiving God's mercy! Mark 11:25-26 (AMP) - And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him and let it drop (leave it, let it go), in order that your Father Who is in heaven may also forgive you your [own] failings and shortcomings and let them drop. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your failings and shortcomings.

I cannot express how important this principle is because there are so many hurting people out there. They are hurting because they are asking God to do big things and are not seeing any sort of results. They have no results because they have not resolved issues from their past. He cannot do big things through us until we are cleansed of our iniquities. He is unable to forgive us while we are unable to forgive those that trespass against us.