Loving Our EnemiesSample

One kind of forgiveness that leads to relational reconciliation is offered when a person confesses and asks for our forgiveness. However, there is also another and more challenging level of forgiveness we must offer people. This applies even when they do not admit their wrong or seek our forgiveness. This kind of forgiveness simply leads to our cleansing from resentment and freedom from all bitterness. This is a liberation we all truly need and can have ... despite what another person does or does not do. We cannot allow any person to hold such power over our life through their injustices toward us ... we must reclaim our life from the clutches of resentment for the honor of Christ.

The most inspiring and challenging thing I’ve read that Martin Luther King Jr. said is, “I’d rather die than hate you.” This is the very ethic that Jesus lived and died by. He rose again to validate its value. 

Is there anyone in the world that you presently hate? Is there anyone you need to unconditionally forgive to release you from bitterness and resentment? Can you respond to them in an opposite spirit? 

Ask God to help you put them and this “case” into His hands and allow Him to free you from any hatred in your heart.