Are
you living a life of regrets thinking, “If only…”? “If only I had that college
education…If only I had married the right girl…If only I had taken up the other
job…If only I had not made that stupid mistake…”
Is
your past robbing you of the joy of today? Then forget your past!
You
might say, “But Pastor Prince, you do not know what I have done in the past!”
Consider
Paul. If the devil had anything to bring against Paul, it would be reminders of
how he had persecuted the early church and caused the deaths of many, including
Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
Paul
had done horrendous things that were hard 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.”
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”
(see Hebrews 10:17).
Like
Paul, 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 (see 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! (Article & Picture; courtesy of Joseph Prince Ministries used with kind permission).
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