If You Take a Sip It Will Kill You
Recently I heard Jentzen Franklin say in
regard to unforgiveness: “I’m going to drink this poison “unforgiveness” so it
can kill me.” I started thinking about my life.
Do I intermittedly take a sip of poison?
Surely as a Christian I am far above
that but truth be known I have been known to take a sip every now and
again. What am I learning though if I regress and sip is that I immediately
need to spit it out and look to Jesus for strength to overcome destructive
thoughts. For a long time I was a closet unforgiveness drinker. Much like alcohol unforgiveness will destroy
you little by little. Over the years I
have learned as Satan brings those hurts to mind not to ruminate on them. Do I still fight them? Of course, because Satan never gives up
trying to destroy us but over time I’m learning when unforgiveness rears its
ugly head to reject it and praise the Lord for the freedom I have in Him. Satan wants us to be transfixed on the bad
times in our life so they will eat up the good times. Jesus came that we may be
free from condemnation and walk in His freedom.
Galations 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free;
therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
