Joy-Seeds Blog

I am drowning in emotions that won’t manifest but in spurts. We beg God to forgive us and help us in our debts and then we turn around and show no mercy on others that owe us, whether it is a debt of money owed, or a gesture of helping someone. We have read, been preached to, that love is the key. Is love the key? In the Bible the story that is told about a man that owed a huge debt, he meet before his debtor and asked forgiveness, telling him all the troubles that he has been through. The man he owed forgave him and even forgave his debt. He then went out in the street feeling good until he saw a man that owed him a small amount, even smaller than what he had owed. He pursues the man and told him he had to pay him now. The man that owed him, asked forgiveness and told him he didn’t have it. He was rough with him, got him by the throat and was yelling at him, warning him of consequences that might happen if he didn’t pay. The people that were watching went and told the other man that had forgiven his debt earlier. He became angry and sent for him, told him I forgave you of a larger debt and you went out and wouldn’t use the same forgiveness, what is wrong with you? Yes, what is wrong with us? We want forgiveness, but why is it so hard to forgive others of their debt. Jesus paid a debt that He didn’t owe. For us He did this. You think this may be the key? Forgiving instead of passing the buck!!! Someone always seems worse that we are, and sometimes it is true. But Jesus paid the debt for all people. Let this get down into our spirit that Jesus paid a debt He didn’t owe. All for us!! So that we won’t spend eternity in hell, so that we won’t have to spend our life in debt to someone human or yes, even the devil, so we can live free, free to give, free to love, free to forgive without reservation. We need to pay back our debt that he paid for us. Sometimes it is giving money to people, or giving of our time and showing our care for people. Show us Your ways Lord. You were human when You paid that debt. Help us Lord to walk in forgiveness, even when it comes down to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or even higher number of debtors or people who owe us in our life. Help us to always react like You. Anger is not a key, but we are allowed this. The enemy sometimes is “our mouth” when we allow it to talk or talk anger at the wrong time, saying hurtful even though truthful things. Venting is always good, but not to the persons you are angry with, or owes you money, or owe syou a favor, or to a person that may know the person who owes you or as done you wrong. You want mercy, you need to show mercy. You want love you need to show love. You want forgiveness, you need to show forgiveness. In the middle of situations like this we go through, we won’t to lash out. We won’t to make ourselves feel good by making someone else worse. Why? You think this is human nature? Jesus was human and he “chose” this not to be his nature. God the father didn’t force him to do what He did. He knew he could call out at any minute and 10, 000 angels would be at his side. This was when he was human!!! Instead He chose to die for us, to pay our debt! In some countries it could be dying for someone, but here in America most of the time it means dying to us. We can call for help in the time of any need that arises in our lives. The Word of God is our confession. It is our strength in these times. The Bible says, “Teach us your ways that we can walk with you”. If we are not learning and doing the Lord’s ways, are we not walking with the Lord? We are teaching ourselves, our ways and we are walking our own way. My prayer is “Lord help us” and the answer “He will and He is”!!!