Matthew 17:24-27

How to Fish for the Right Things, and Walk in the Miracle of an Unoffendable Heart of Gold

1- We must change our perspective of those who wrong us. Offensive people are hurting people, possessing wounds that have not healed that infect those around them. When you choose offense oftentimes it is you who adopts the wounds of others. Your spiritual journey is to become thick skinned while having a tender heart, not thin skin with a hard heart. Forgiveness is oxygen, unforgiveness is carbon dioxide. It's your choice what your spirit breathes in everyday.

2- Forgiveness does not mean resolution of all problems. In fact, in some cases there is needed to be protective distance or time that takes place even in the midst of a heart posture that's releasing. Healing is everyone's journey, and the only person you will give an account for is yourself. You cannot control what you want from someone else, or what you feel you deserve from someone else... let that fish off the line.

3- If everything that happens to you is a big deal, your life will have a small impact; as you cannot handle the cost of elevation. Jesus was killed for how He lived, there may be something that has to die for you to fully live in what He has called you to walk in. Spiritual maturity is when you learn not to waste your energy on the small things, and keep your eyes on the prize. If you live in cycles of offense, you build an electric fence around your heart that the Spirit is repelled from getting close enough to transform. You're fishing for gold, not fishing for carp.