Don’t Let Your Past Rob Your Future
There are many who are living a life full of regrets because they did something evil or bad in their past. Are you asking yourself “If only I had that college education or If only I had married that lady or If only I had taken that job or course… etc”
Is your past robbing you of the joy of today? Then forget your past! Don’t let your past rob your future. It does not matter the magnitude of your offence or what you think you have done. To get this across very well, I would like to use some very important examples in the Bible.
Let’s consider Peter. He denied Jesus not only ones but thrice when Jesus needed him the most. He forgot about the Son of Man when He needed him the most because of fear but he was able to forgive himself. He went on to become the first Apostle to ever win 3000 souls at a single meeting.
Let’s consider another man; Paul of Tarsus. He was a man who persecuted the early church day and night and caused the deaths of many, including Stephen the first Christian martyr. Paul had done so many evil things that were hard even for him to forget but he had such a revelation of God’s awesome forgiveness that he could say, “Forgetting those things which are behind… I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus”.
My beloved, God has forgiven you of all your sins. He has completely forgiven you and declared, “Your sins and lawless deeds, I will remember no more” (Hebrews 10:17).
Like Paul and Peter, you can forget your past, the wrongs you have done and the hurts you have caused others or been through yourself. God can take the tears of yesterday and transform them into the miracles of tomorrow. He can restore to you in all abundance what you have lost. He can cause all things, even the painful events of your past, to work together for your good (Romans 8:28).
God’s Word says, “The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard” (Isaiah 58:8). His glory will cover your past. Wherever you go, His glory covers your past. It is no longer the same past that you know of because His glory has descended on it. Your past is past. It has been wiped out. It is gone! So don’t let your past rob you of today’s joy any longer!
