When I read this I think of the opportunity that I have had and have been given by someone who has forgiven me. Read Matthew 18 21-35. Higher math indeed!
The content of our character is to get this concept of higher Math in our lives. It ain’t natural! This forgiveness to infinity. We have been wronged, do we seek revenge? Or do we do what the word says? My gut tells me to get the “pound of flesh” but my Lord tells me, to forgive and forget.
This isn’t preaching, this is self conviction. The rejection of forgiveness makes you wonder if it is worth it and Christ says it is in the long run. If you are a person who wants to be judged by the content of your character as I know I want to be, you’ll start forcing yourself to forgive people. The best way is looking at the infractions that you have had and wanted to be forgiven. You longed for the spouse who divorces you to forgive that sin you committed against him or her. You hoped to go to your father and mother and reconcile your childish grudge and you couldn’t bring yourself to do it. And even in money matters, when someone has ripped you off, forgive them of the debt. Most times we can’t do it on our own time or power, Christ has to do it for you. Forgive and forget.
Grudges are the kind of thing that puts the unforgiving in chains. In the story of the king who forgave a debt, the servant turned around and threw a a guy who owed him money in debtor’s prison. When the King finds out he throws the servant who he had forgiven into debtors prison.
Jesus ends that story by saying, “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
Higher Math
It’s morning time
Daylight saving
lost some sleep
from the road you’re paving for me
I’m free
Saw an old friend
turned enemy
caught his glance through the doorway
he just glares at me
He ripped me off, and I was his boss
now I’m free.
How many times must I forgive him?
I’ve forgiven him seven times.
and then you tell me that you’ve forgiven me
at least seventy-seven times.
How convenient! This equation
when I’m in this situation
make me cry, make me laugh
but this is higher math!
So I walk this old country road
back to a place and time
when I wronged a righteouss man
and committed the crime-but he looked at me
He set me free- Higher math.
And I hope you get the jist of the story
and I hope that you will understand
that I can’t stop the hurt I’ve caused
but I can claim the land. I’m coming in for a landing.
There was this King
whop had everything and gave
his subjects power. Soem object,
others repent, but the good ones invest!
So don’t turn around and curse the ground
after you’ve been forgiven of your debt.
Don’t burn the bridges or you can’t return to town
forgive and forget (that’s the hard part)
How many times must I forgive him?
I’ve forgiven him seven times.
and then you tell me that you’ve forgiven me
at least seventy-seven times.
So I’m talking to a friend I met on the road
and he is saving money and saving time.
He gives me two candelsticks and a wallet full of grace
He kisses my cheek and we share a laugh,
Yes indeed, he set me free- Higher math.
BT Springs 3.13.12
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