DON’T LOOK BACK
Don’t look back over the years or even yesterday! I have been doing a lot of looking back lately. Not because I want to but thoughts just come into my mind and sad to say sometimes I linger on the wrong ones a little too long.
What I know for sure is we can’t change the past. All those what if I had done it this way or what if I hadn’t done this or that or I wish I would have made this choice instead … or If only I had or … The list goes on and on but the fact is what’s done is done. We can regret it. We can stress over it and feel guilty about it. We can let it make us miserable and affect our everyday life. We can even let it take us into depression.
BUT
As a child of God there is no need for me to do any of the above. I simply just need to trust God and believe His Word because He knows every day of my life from beginning to end. None of my decisions have taken Him off guard or surprised Him. He is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and Omega. He is in complete control and whenever I get it wrong God works it out for good as He weaves every decision of my life into the plan He has just for me. He does this for every believer as He works out the plan He has for each of them.
Don’t look back, look up to God and talk to Him.
Thank Him for new beginnings and fresh starts. Thank Him for being in control and for loving you unconditionally. Thank Him for being all powerful and able to cause all things to work together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Don’t look back, look in the Bible and get to know God and His ways. See how God sees you:
Zephaniah 3:17 New International Version (NIV)
17 The Lord your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you;
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you;
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”
Don’t look back, but look and see the way to have peace that passes understanding:
Philippians 4:6-8 New Living Translation (NLT)
6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
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