If your answer is no then don't you think it's time for you to get off?
Well I have! Bitterness is in no way good for you. It's like drinking poison and hoping that someone else is going to die.
Bitterness comes from anger and unforgiveness. You cannot think that today you can be angry about something and tomorrow it will just be gone, because satan will constantly remind you of it if you do not resolve it in your heart and set the other person free by forgiving them and also forgiving yourself. We do not have to live in bondage all the time. We can choose to be free.
Luke 15:11-31 tells us about the prodigal who asked his father for inheritance,goes out into the world and
eventually ends up with nothing. Very ashamed he decides to go home with no hope that his father will welcome him, but his father welcomes him with open arms and gives a party in his honor.
In verse 27 the elder brother who had been working out in the field comes home only to see what the father had done and it angers him.
Verse 28 says But (the elder brother) was angry (with deep-seated wrath) and resolved not to go in. Then his father came out and began to plead with him.
In verse 28 it talks about the brother having deep-seated wrath, which means that he was not only angry he was bitter. He had an anger in him towards his younger brother which caused him to be bitter and the reason for that was probably because he was jealous.
Jealousy (Covetousness) is spoken of in Luke12:15 where it says - And He (Jesus) said to them. Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man's life does consist in and is not derived from possessing overflowing abundance or that which is over and above his needs.
Being jealous of others does not make us happy it takes our happiness away and fills us with bitterness and resentment, because we think that they have more than we do. It might be true, but God has a plan for each of us and His plan does include for us to be happy with what we have. If you are not happy with your car, your house, or your partner, remember you chose them or maybe that is what God gave you to see how grateful you would be?
Often times God puts us in situations in order for us to manifest our true feelings about things we feel are not right or things we see others have and we also want. But God wants us to repent from being jealous, bitter and forgive ourselves and others in order for Him to bless us to the full.
He does say in His Word that we can go before Him and ask Him for the things we want, but He will decide whether we are mature enough to cope with it. Ouch.
If you cannot work with money you cannot expect God to give you a lot of it, if you cannot handle a little bit of it. He tells us that we need to be good stewards.
You could be jealous of a friend because they have a nice car or a house. You need to repent because your house could be just as nice, but because of jealousy you don't see it.
Maybe someone did something to you or treated you in a way that was not right. You need to forgive them and let go of the bitterness. Just remember at some point you could have done something to them or maybe not have done something for them which made them feel the same. Ask God to forgive you and also forgive them, because on both sides there will be bitterness.
Don't think that what the other person did was so bad that you cannot forgive. We all experience hurt in different ways, but God tells us to forgive to heal ourselves and to free ourselves and the other person. You might feel that your hurt is of such a nature that you cannot do it, but remember bitterness is like cancer it eats away at you bit by bit until there is only bitterness, anger and resentment left and then you die!
Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy? Do yourself a favor and forgive. And remember the other person might be someone that you might never see again or that the Bible tells us to keep away from (wrong friends), or maybe it is someone who has passed away and you feel that you can never resolve the issue, but that is not true. God forgives and He never says that He cannot forgive you, because someone is dead, but you still have to forgive and ask for it.
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