No longer “outwitted” by the devil.Forgiveness instead.Because forgiveness matters.I know this personal example I’ve shared is a light one,
especially when compared to the deeply wounding, life-altering
offense or abuse you may have suffered. (Trust me, I could’ve
called up other, more difficult illustrations from my own life
too.) But even this low-level infraction makes a point and
speaks to a purpose that applies to every offense that comes
against us. Your enemy wants you long-term angry. And he
can use even the lightest offense to do it. He wants you to be a
bitter woman behind that beautiful face. He wants your heart
coated with the calluses of resentment, crippled by offenses
from your past. Unforgiveness is his design to “outwit” you—
to keep you not only bruised and bleeding but unable to
experience any power in your prayers or intimacy with your
Father.
Nobody needs to tell you how bad you’re hurting from the
injustices in your life. Even people who’ve suffered similar
abuses or offenses as yours could never completely