Forgiveness is Possible from God’s View of Love

John 3:16

Forgiveness is letting go of the resentment, bitterness, anger, etc. toward someone who treated you unfairly, even though you are justified in having the feelings. It’s vital that we understand it is about your feelings you have created and not about the other person accepting your forgiveness nor them saying sorry. This is why you can forgive someone who has passed away.

How many times do we say, “They do not deserve my forgiveness”? In saying this, you keep yourself trapped and your heart filled with everything, but God’s love. John 3:16 says for God so LOVED the world. Ephesians 4:32 tells us to forgive one another as God in Christ forgave you. We cannot love like God if we do not call on the Holy Spirit.

Some of the fruit of the Spirit are love and long-suffering (patience). The issue we have is we are not loving from God’s perspective and mindset, but our own. I hear you. I know it hurt; I know it was wrong, but you holding on to it isn’t doing you any good. 

God wants you to release those thoughts of revenge and “I wish they could feel my pain” to those of prayer and blessings. WHY? Because just as He loved the world despite all they did to Him and His son, we are to love people. This calling is about representing Him and in doing so people see a love they have never known. This is how we reap coals on a person’s head; by overcoming evil with good! 

As you forgive, know that you may reconcile, the relationship may be modified, or you may need to release them completely. This is where you allow God to show you and trust Him. Let’s love as God loves and be released from unforgiveness. 

-Justin Campbell