Experiencing The Blessing Of Making Amends
Thursday December 5, 2019
When we make amends under the guidance of our loving God, everyone is blessed. Confessing our wrongs to someone we have harmed means they no longer need to carry around the painful baggage from the event. The resentment each of us held towards the another will begin to ease and both parties will experience more freedom in the future.
Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace. (Luke 1:78-79 NLT)
It is essential that we become willing to make amends to people we have harmed. However, we need to do so with the motive of taking responsibility for the hurt we caused. When the time is right, and with a prayerful attitude of seeking God’s healing for the people we have harmed, God will guide each of us to the pathway of peace.
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:19 NLT)
How do we welcome God’s blessing on this process so no one gets injured? We reach out in repentance rather than in self-centered consideration of our own needs. We keep our focus on God’s plan and purpose for the good of all parties in the relationship. This opens the door for God to bless our encounters and conversations even when they include difficult topics. We respectfully approach others, remembering from where we've come. We act in faith, because we know that unless God covers our amends with His grace and healing, we will be ineffective.
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. (1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank you for sending Jesus into the world to make relationship with You possible. Now I ask You to work in my heart so that I might make right my past relationships with others. Amen
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