The complexity of our mind is produced by our unstable emotions. Our mood isn’t supposed to control us, but we are supposed to control our mood. The enemy uses our emotions to frustrate, to disappoint, and to deceive.
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].
John 10 : 10
What is abundance? It is more than enough. It means when you have peace at 10% and Jesus is there, then you have peace at 110%. We need to be assertive when we are confronting life: life senses fear. The realm of the spirit knows that fear doesn’t have eyes; fear is a spirit. Faith doesn’t have eyes; faith is a spirit. Without faith, we cannot please God, and we cannot acknowledge that He always rewards those who seek Him diligently. Without us understanding the spirit of possibility, we can never understand that God has already promised to create us as the evidence of the impossible. People must look at us and say, “What is impossible can be possible”.
26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With people [as far as it depends on them] it is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19 : 26
All of this comes by how we become intimate with God. So everytime we think that we are running mad and crazy in our mind, always go back and check your emotions. What causes unstable emotions is our lack of self-accountability because everytime we are looking for whom to blame. But look at this, forgiveness; forgiving: separate the word, you get “for” and “giving”. “For” means “pro”. We must be pro-giving. If we cannot easily forgive, we are not pro-giving. Then, we will be giving as a taker, not giving as a getter. Someone gets to give, but when we give as a taker, we are giving while expecting something in return. And that’s what happens when asking for forgiveness: we want other people to feel our hurt. However, when we are forgiving “pro-giving”, it means we cannot sustain toxicity and hatred. We don’t revenge because it is not in our nature: we are compassionate, we are kind, we are giving, we are respectful, and we are loving. If now, we keep attracting the same hurt, then we need to go back and reflect. Being egocentric attracts ego; being proud attracts pride: we attract who we are. But we have people who want their insecurities to be validated; they want their emotions to be nursed instead of embracing the Truth that sets us free. We reach a stage where we want to validate why we shouldn’t forgive. It becomes a song of, “I was hurt, I was disrespected, I was destroyed”. But what is the end goal? We cannot change the principles which God has established. We must forgive those who trespass against us.
14 For if you forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others [nurturing your hurt and anger with the result that it interferes with your relationship with God], then your Father will not forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6 : 14 – 15
