The Force Of Forgiveness Part 2

<p>Daily Voice DevotionalDVD With Niyi Adekunle&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>&nbsp;Thursday, 2nd &nbsp;September&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>The Force of Forgiveness.</p> <p><br></p> <p>A lot of us think that forgiveness is for the weak and powerful people deal with people. The truth is this; It takes a lot of power to forgive, to anticipate an error that people would do against you and before they do it, to release them in your heart so when they do it, it is not difficult to forgive .</p> <p><br></p> <p>&nbsp;Understand that human beings naturally are designed to revenge. When somebody does something wrong to you, your natural response is to get back at him and make them feel bad. But one thing is this; God designed all of us to forgive, just the way He designed the world with the capacity to forgive. He created every human being with the capacity to forgive one another. Jesus said, the offence will surely come, but even though offence will surely come, you must be ready to forgive.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Never hold a sin against anybody; believe me, this takes a lot to do. Under the Old Testament laws, the talk is about , “an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth". &nbsp;It is just natural to lash out when somebody does something wrong against you. But under the new covenant, we are called to a higher level of life, higher level of power and a higher level of control. If somebody slaps you, don't slap back, what do you do? Turn the other cheek and let them give you another slap? Now, it doesn't mean that you should just turn your cheek let someone slap you again. It simply means you have the power of response. You can control yourself and say, “instead of slapping the person back, instead of taking revenge, I will control myself.” God has created in all of us, the capacity to forgive one another.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Let's read the book of Matthew 6: 15 (NLT), “But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.”</p> <p><br></p> <p>The Bible is saying here that because God has designed you