God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
The world has been and is being redeemed. Satan, however, is moving in the opposite direction. From an exalted position in heaven, to a position in heaven, to being cast from heaven, to being thrown eventually in the lake of fire, Satan’s journey takes him from power to weakness, from glory to disgrace.
It doesn’t matter how bad you were hurt. It doesn’t matter if the person has yet to ask for your forgiveness. It doesn’t matter how strongly you feel you can justify your bitterness. It doesn’t matter is the offender still continues to sin against you. Bitterness in any form is a sin against God. You are choosing to be bitter. You will never be free until you acknowledge your bitterness, own up to it and ask for the Lord’s forgiveness.
