Your greatest test might not be your storm, your waiting season, or your struggle. It may be how you treat the people who mishandled you. The ones who overlooked you, lied about you, betrayed you, or wounded you. God doesn’t just want to heal what they broke—He wants to refine how you respond.
The natural response is revenge. Silence. Bitterness. But the Spirit of God calls us higher. Not to excuse the hurt, but to rise above it. When they go low; you go high! Forgiveness is not about approval—it’s really about your individual freedom, peace, and sanity.
Here’s the deal, you can’t carry both God’s purpose and man’s offense and expect to move forward. In 1 Peter 3:9, the Apostle affirms this truth by saying, “Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”
Beloved, make no mistake, God sees it all. And He will deal with it in His time. Your job isn’t to fight back—it’s to stay free, stay clean, and stay focused. Handle them with the grace you didn’t receive, and God will handle the justice you didn’t see.
Pray With Me.
Father God,
Help me to respond to pain the way You respond to me—with grace, truth, and love. When I’m tempted to retaliate, remind me that freedom is found in forgiveness. I release the weight of those who mishandled me and trust that You are my defender. Heal my heart, guard my responses, and let me pass this test in a way that honors You. In Jesus’ name I pray, believe, receive, and praise. Amen.
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