Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs
Adapted from Trusting God Day by Day
Blessed and happy and to be envied is the person of whose sin the Lord will take no account nor reckon it against him.
The Bible says, Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him (Romans 4:8, NIV). That does not mean that God does not see the sin. It means that because of love, He does not hold it against the sinner.
Love can acknowledge that a wrong has been done and erase it before it becomes lodged in the heart. Love does not register or record the wrong; this way resentment does not have a chance to grow. Why not get out all the past-due accounts you have ever kept on people and mark them, “Paid in full”?
Some of us worry about our memory, but to be truthful we probably need to get better at forgetting some things. I think we often forget what we should remember and remember what we should forget. Perhaps one of the most godlike things we can ever do in life is to forgive and forget.
Some people say, “I will forgive them, but I will never forget it.” The reality of that statement is that if we cling to the memory, we are not truly forgiving. You might ask how we can forget things that have hurt us. The answer is that we must choose not to think about them. When those things come to mind, we must cast down the thoughts and choose to think about things that will benefit us.
Clearing all your records will produce good results. It will relieve pressure and improve the quality of your life. Intimacy between you and God will be restored, and your joy and peace will increase. Your health may even improve, because a calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body (Proverbs 14:30, AMPC).
Prayer of the Day: Father, thank You for not counting my sins against me. Help me love like You do, forgive and forget, and clear every record I have kept against others, amen.
