The Madness of Unforgiveness: God Can Use it for Good!
- David and Marilynn Chadwick
- 2 days ago
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by David Chadwick
God can use it for good. No matter what has happened to you. No matter what pain you have experienced. No matter what pain has come your way. God can use it for good.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 is a remarkable verse that says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
In these verses, Paul is stating that when something bad happens to us, not only will we become more than an overcomer through Jesus (Romans 8:37), but we are also presented with a wonderful opportunity before us.
What is that opportunity? We are now able to use what happened to us to help someone else who might be going through a similar experience.
Nothing is new under the sun. Most difficulties that someone experiences has been experienced by someone else before – especially when it comes to rejection and/or people hurting one another.
I am certain that there is someone somewhere who is going through something very similar to what you have gone through. Can I make a suggestion to you? Find those people who are experiencing the same pain you once experienced. Seek them out. Offer someone else your greatest gift: your time.
And when you get together, listen. Be a friend who has empathy. Be someone who gives understanding.Then, give them some ideas on what helped you get through the mess that they are now experiencing. Tell them how God walked you through the fire. More than anything, share how you came out on the other side unburned, still intact, still alive and well (Isaiah 43:2)! This is one of the best ways to laugh in the devil’s face when someone else hurts you. This is how to use what you have learned to breathe life into someone else.
God can take anything that happens to us and use it to help someone else.
Remember, Satan means it for evil, but God will always use it for good!