IS IT WELL

“Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.”

Psalms 146:1 KJV

Horatio G. Spafford wrote a hymn we sing a lot “It Is Well with My Soul”.  We sing this hymn but are we singing it from our heart or just singing the words?  Is it well with our soul?  Do we have things in our heart that hurt God and break His heart?  He loves us unconditionally.  Do we love others unconditionally?

“Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift” (Matthew 5:23,24).  Let’s be sure our hearts are right before God.

Someone said “he doesn’t deserve to be forgiven”.  We need to remember that every one of us has hurt God at times.  The only perfect Person Who ever lived or ever will live is Jesus.  He never sinned, never did anything wrong yet He died on the cross for our sins so we can be forgiven and go to Heaven.

“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:5,6).

None of us deserve to have our sins forgiven because none of us are perfect.  It is only through the cleansing redeeming blood of Jesus that He shed for us on the cross that we can have our sins forgiven.  What about you?  Have you forgiven those who hurt you and have you asked the ones you hurt to forgive you?

Joanne Lowe

August 25, 2018