Daily Devotion 2018: MARCH 15 | Be Inspired. Feel Blessed | “Quest For Peace, Work To Preserve It”

Forgiveness is not recommencing a relationship without amend. In fact, forgiveness and recommencing a relationship are two different things. Forgiveness is what an offended person to do. Recommencing the relationship is what the other person does in order to get back into their good graces. Saying “I’m sorry” is not sufficient. In fact, the Scripture teaches three things that are necessary to restart a relationship that’s been shattered, — and the offender has to do all three of these things to restore a relationship it requires repentance, restitution and rebuilding trust.

Yes we are all imperfect and we are all human. Sometimes it’s just hard to forgive that person who offended us and keep on going. And yes we must forgive that person immediately, but we don’t have to trust that person right away because the Bible says trust is built with time.

As a church leader, credibility is what he leads with. All leaders must have trust in whatever area of their lives. If a leader loses trust, he had lost his right to lead at that moment. We may have the title, but we’re not the leader until we rebuild trust. And that is not going to happen immediately.

We should always be reminded to "hate the sin, but love the sinner." But trusting the sinner does not come instantly as the other party involved continues to do right and demonstrate that they can be trusted again. Forgiveness comes first, restoration comes after appropriate period of time and trust has been rebuilt.