Un-Offendable

“Woe to the world because of offenses!

For offenses must come, but woe to the man by whom the offense comes!”

Matthew 18:7 NKJV

 

 

Are you un-offendable?

I seriously doubt it!

Sorry, if I just offended you with my certainty but it is true.

Offenses come to all of us in life.

So maybe the better question to ask is:

How do you respond to an offense?

Do you nurture it and nurse it and hold on to it for dear life?

Is it valuable to you?

To some it seems to be.

We hold dearly to those things we value.

Some hold on dearly to an offense.

Let them go.

Not tomorrow, not next week or next year.

Release them today.

When you understand that offenses really hold you more than you hold them it should be plenty of reason to quickly let go.

Scripture declares the believer to be dead and his life is hidden with Christ in God.

The only ‘un-offendable’ life is the life dead to self.

I am not there yet.

I am learning to let go when offenses come.

It is not an easy lesson.

But it is a valuable one.

Are you learning it too?