Forgiveness: Why Is It Difficult and Why Should I?
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Whenever you are offended, you need to ask yourself this question. What is the lesson in all this? God sometimes puts us through tests in order for Him to award us the crown of life. But many a times instead of opening our spiritual eyes and realizing the test and the reward ahead, we look at the vessel used. We have already said that God is Spirit so for Him to operate on earth He sometimes uses human beings. There are things that happen in our lives that offend us or hurt us. However, not all of them are temptations to bring us down; some are tests to improve us. God will never allow you to be tested beyond your ability to conquer. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it”. I have taught myself that in everything that happens to me in life, whether good or bad, it’s happening for me to learn something. At one point in my life I became a street kid in Zimbabwe. My dinner was a juice and a packet of biscuits at around 10pm every day. It was entirely someone else’s fault that my life came to that stage. But not for a single day did I ever blame them or paint them black. I was too busy looking at what God wanted me to take out of all that. There was a lesson to be learnt. Everyone who saw me saw a troubled and suffering young man, but I was seeing myself seated in a classroom taking notes. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose”. When you are a child of God, living His will, nothing happens by chance. There is no chance encounter, there is no chance meeting, everything happens for a reason.
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About the Book
This book is a powerful tool that speaks directly to the heart of the offended. It is penned with understanding that people are different and react differently to situations. For some, forgiveness takes hours; for some, days; and for some, even years. The writer took his time to explain why people find it difficult to forgive. He also gives excellent examples we can follow of people who forgave both from the Bible and the world today.
About the Author
The writer Mustafa Chikavhu is a man who is very passionate about helping others to forgive. He says “Living in bitterness is depriving yourself the joy and happiness that God has meant for you as His child.” After going through many challenging forgiveness situations in life, including having to live on the street as a destitute surviving on a single meal a day. A small bottle of juice and biscuits. All because of someone’s mistake. Staying in a house where he endured emotional and verbal abuse for over a year and couldn’t leave because he had nowhere to go. He feels he owes the world a book on why and how people should forgive in order to live happy lives. He is a deacon in Forward in Faith Ministries International and is married to Deaconess Nyasha.