LET GO OF THE PAST

But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors.

-‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭6:23‬ ‭NIV‬‬

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43:18‭-‬19‬ ‭NIV‬‬ says, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

We should not worry about things of the past and set our minds on new things. Anger, malice, striving, envy, slander, unforgiveness, hardships, sickness, untimely death etc, we experience today, are all remnants from the sins of Adam and they have passed away. ‭‭Romans‬ ‭5:21‬ ‭NIV‬‬ says, “ just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

So, instead of worrying over the troubles that are passed, we should focus on things of the new life, eternal life. That is why the Lord wants us to know in a world that is responsive to bad news of the past, that we have eternal life, so we don't walk by our senses. “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. ‭‭(1 John‬ ‭5:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬)

The sweetest part is that we are no longer under the law but under grace, and whenever sin increases, grace outweighs it. That is why things of the past are transient and cannot hurt us. No wonder Psalms‬ ‭116:7‭-‬8‬ ‭MSG‬‬ says, “I said to myself, “Relax and rest. God has showered you with blessings. Soul, you’ve been rescued from death; Eye, you’ve been rescued from tears; And you, Foot, were kept from stumbling.”

WE PRAY FOR THE GRACE TO LET GO OF THE PAST AND SERVE GOD JOYFULLY IN JESUS NAME AMEN!

THANK YOU JESUS!