Offloading Unresolved Pain I

‘But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too’ Mark 11:25.

Unresolved pain is capable of destroying our relationship with God. The truth is that when you are carrying pain, you are actually carrying in offense the people that caused you that pain. When you refuse to let pain go, you cannot let the people go. It is impossible to be carrying pain and have forgiven the people that have caused you pain. The farmer [Zec.13:5-6] did not just mention the pain, he connected it to the person that hurt him. There is no way you will consistently carry fresh pain and not remember the people that hurt you. Which means you cannot walk in forgiveness. ‘But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against’. Offloading the baggage of unresolved pain starts with a willingness. Forgiveness is a decision you make and it is actually proof of willingness. It is proof that you are willing to let the baggage go. Willingness is a critical factor in resolution. Jesus said to the man by the pool of Bethesda, ‘Would you like to get well?’ [John5:6]. And all he could think about was the pain of abandonment. Has your pain become your pet? Has your baggage become an entertaining story to tell anyone who cares to listen? There are people who through counseling are able to work through some major baggage related to unresolved pain. But just as they get to the last stage they suddenly are unable to let go of the baggage because the pain has become a toy that their mind plays with in the morning and at night. You need to make up your mind not to let your unresolved yesterday keep you from your glorious tomorrow. Your tomorrow is glorious. It will be well with your tomorrow but are you willing to settle your unresolved past so that it does not rob you of that glorious tomorrow? ‘Would you like to get well?’ The choice is yours. Things are going to happen whether you like it or not. What matters is not what has happened to you, but what you will do with what has happened to you. You have to be ready to let go and let God.

Prayer: Father, I’m not willing to lose my relationship with You. I willingly bring the pain of my past to You. I forgive every one that hurt me. Please make me whole again, in Jesus Name