No Saving It For Later

Mark 11:25 And if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.  That is a pretty big concept Jesus just gave us.  He said if you don’t forgive someone, then you don’t get forgiven.  Eeeee.  This is serious.  Jesus died for all sins for all man.  Many times we say, but you don’t know what they have done to me.  Jesus on the cross said “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.”  These were the people who crucified Jesus.  Ok, so if unforgiveness is not an option, then how do we do it.  Well, follow Jesus example.  Pray for the individual who has wronged you, and ask God to forgive them.  Now let it go.  When God forgives, he casts the sin into a sea of forgetfulness.  Find your sea.  It doesn’t mean you get close enough so the person can hurt you again, that isn’t forgiveness.  Forgivenss is when you don’t hold anything against them anymore.  If someone has broken the law, then call the cops.  You can forgive them and still protect the next potential victim.  But, you have a responsibility to God, and that is to let it go.  Let it go my friend.  Don’t let the sun go down even one more time on your anger.  Let it go.  When you get angered at someone you have two simple options.  First, you can just choose to let it go.  Second, you can choose to address it, like Jesus addressed the thieves in the temple, and then let it go.  But in both cases you have to let it go.  No saving it for later.  It’s not a dessert.  That means No to go box.