Day 4

It has been a blessing to read the word with so many of you this week. Today we finish the book of Genesis with the account of Joseph's family being reconciled. Just consider the long years of bitterness, regret, and sorrow that built up between Judah, Joseph, and Israel. You can see it in their tears when they face each other. In this case God used the event for good to save many people alive, but what about your life? Are you harboring years of bitterness, regret, and sorrow for others or even your family members? In forgiveness is liberty. 

Just consider some of these verses: "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16 Moreover when ye fast , be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you , They have their reward." (Matthew 6:14-16); "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive , and ye shall be forgiven:" (Luke 6:37); "And when ye stand praying , forgive , if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses." (Mark 11:25); "If any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." (Colossians 3:13).

Deus Semper Fidelis,

Jay Silvas