Luke 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Yet, this is how our heavenly Father forgives us, as day by day, and week after week, and years upon years, we keep coming back to Christ, asking Him to forgive us, in some instances, of the same sin over and over again. So, if God doesn’t get weary neither should we get weary because, just as the habit of forgiving is a part of His character, similarly it can, and should be with us.
Another stumbling block we would encounter when cultivating the habit of forgiving trespasses is that in some instances, we might put a sort of threshold on what we would be willing to forgive. With some folk there are certain red lines, drawn in the sand which must never be crossed, or else!
However, the tendency to set some predetermined limit, or threshold on what we are willing to forgive will effectually prevent us from making forgiveness a habit, for if we have decided to go thus far, and no further, our spiritual growth in that area would be limited to what we have stipulated.
Matthew 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!