eDevotion
Encouragement for your daily
walk with God
Your
past does not have to be the determining factor of your present, or your
future! Whether you came from an abusive past, a difficult past, a failed past,
a rebellious past, you can move on/forward as a Christ follower. I have a
theory about this: The people of the world focus on what they are overcoming;
Christians focus on what they are becoming. The Christian’s future is so full
and rich and exciting that it supersedes whatever happened in the past.
Christ
followers can move on, living in light of the Christ who overcame their past.
Paul said it this way to the new Christ followers in Corinth, If anyone is in Christ, he/she is a new
creation. Old things [our past] have been done away with and the new [our potential future] is now at hand (2 Corinthians 5:17 –
emphasis mine).
Furthermore,
there is the enabling power of the Holy Spirit, who is actively engaged in
helping each Christ follower in conforming to the image of Christ (Romans
8:29).
Your
past is your past, but you need not be preoccupied with it. You have an
incredible future because of what Christ has done. Onward, and Upward dear
Christ follower!
No, dear brothers and
sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the
past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the
race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is
calling us. (Philippians 3:13-14)
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