What a strange title?
Let me clarify. You can forgive everyone, but you cannot be close to everyone. Forgiveness is all about making choices to obey God and walking in steps of freedom. It is truly about living such a life where all we do is surrounded to God. Even those things that cause us pain, we surrender to God, we do not hide it, we do not bury it, but we give it to God. That is the place where we will be healed from all wounds, pain and brokenness.
Should you after being wounded, disrespected or abused continue in these relationships.
Listen carefully to God in each situation. In every relationship there will be conflict, differences, disagreements. Somethings that at times make us uncomfortable and cause us pain.
Invariably those individuals who God put in our life will know their place in your life, will recognize your purpose and will ADD God to your life.
I have finally learned the WISDOM of this as there are many who come with an aim of what YOU can add to THEIR life, and when what you do doesn't suit them, they will so wound and denigrate your character, that their actions will cause you to begin to stumble in your walk with God.
Do not allow it, it is not of God. God never wants us in the place of being abused or in bondage. If a relationship is distracting you from God's will, plan and purpose, then one should not be in that place for an extended period of time....we may walk through some situations because we made some bad choices and have to wait or are waiting on God’s deliverance.
These are the ways in which abuse can operate -physically, verbally and psychologically.
None are acceptable and if there is physical abuse please get away as quickly as possible. Please do not listen to Religious dogma that says you should stay, forgive and pray.
Get away not pray!
Please run away not Walk Good in Christ (lol)
You can forgive and bless your enemies
But choose not to be abused.
There is a difference between FORGIVENESS and TRUST
Part of a Godly relationship is TRUST. It is earned, when we know someone will act in our best interest even above their own and watch over God’s will in our lives, then they can be trusted. We really have to exercise care and wisdom in those relationships which we involve ourselves.
Godly relationships involve prayer, purpose, purity and loyalty....we can be naked and UNASHAMED, knowing that those will stand with us through good and through bad. Godly relationships involves repenting together and growing together.
There are also those who are figures of authority in the workplace, government offices, home and church who think it is their right to dishonour, disrespect and abuse others, because of the position they hold.Take it to God, read how God deals with those leaders in his word. Forgive but do not be foolish to think that is God’s will for you. He will change or move those leaders, if he doesn't move you. God is a just God.
May God help us not to be foolish and because of religious dogma we stay in abusive situations.
May God help us to discern and not to foolisly, blindly enter into covenant relationships that were never his will in the first place (praying after we entered these relationships for God to change them) in Jesus name
Amen
Walk Good in Christ
Till we meet again
Pastor J
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