Seeing God as a Perfect Father by Louie Giglio

Author:Louie Giglio
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2023-04-02T00:00:00+00:00

The Poison of Unforgiveness

In the end you may choose not to forgive. That’s your decision. But before making that choice, please consider the deceptive nature of unforgiveness. To not forgive gives us a false sense of control. We think, My dad did all this to me, and I had no say in that. But I’ve got control now and I can decide how I want to treat him. By hanging on to our urge for revenge, we think we’ve got the upper hand.

But is this really true? Or is it possible that the Enemy has duped us into a faulty way of thinking? He wants us to think that by not forgiving, we hold the power. Yet any time we refuse to forgive, we continue to give power to the past. Think about it: You could be stuck in the past with a root of bitterness eating a hole in your soul while your dad is on a hunting trip in the mountains with his buddies, oblivious to the fact that you’re not forgiving him again today. He’s not even seeking reconciliation.

If we refuse to extend forgiveness to our fathers, that action doesn’t punish our dads. Rather, it imprisons us. It anchors us to the negative while God wants to move us into the fullness of who our heavenly Father is and who He says we are in Him. It’s impossible to fully experience all God has for us while we are holding on with clenched fists to the past.

So I gently ask: Is your refusal to forgive your dad bringing you more peace or more pain? Is it helping you move forward or is it always pulling you back into the past? Has unwillingness to forgive led you to the freedom you hoped it would, or is it unsettling to your heart?

If the answers are all negative, then please know that God desires to give you the “revelation sight” we talked about before—a great conjunction of understanding that you are a loved child of a perfect Father. This is sight not just to see God as a perfect Father but to see the cross of Christ and the resulting power you can now access through the Spirit within you. The passage we noted goes on to say this:

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