LIVING IN THE PAST

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here." 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV 

If I gave you a piece of paper and asked you to write down the greatest disappointments of your life; I wonder what you would put down. It’s not just that you said something you shouldn’t have said, it’s that you can’t unsay it. Apologies are good, but they don’t unsay the hurtful or angry things we have said. It’s not just that you took this drug or that drug or drank this or that, it’s that you can’t untake those drugs or undrink what you drank, and you can’t change whatever consequences you and your loved ones suffered as a result. 

The Lord told Joshua, "Moses is dead". What the Lord is saying here is that you can't change the past. The Lord wants the people to know that they weren’t going to change the fact, so they needed to move forward toward the promise land. What Moses had accomplished was great but those accomplishments were not to be looked at as the end. What Moses had accomplished was actually the preparation that they needed for the next step.

Jesus has called us to live in the Present-tense & not the Past-tense. Living in the past is unhealthy, it stunts future growth, it brings lack of direction, it controls you and dictates to your future. Do what you have to do today because yesterday is gone, it will never come back or relive itself. Refuse to let ignorance of the past play tricks on you because ignorance is very affordable - it is one of the prerequisite for failure. When you keep living in the past, you are placing yourself up for failure. Let go of the past.

Further Scripture Study: Philippians 3:13; Joshua 1:1 

Declare This: Dear Lord, my mind is stayed on You. I focus on my future and I let go of all the unnecessaries of the past in Jesus name Amen.