When the devil tries to remind you of your past, lift up your head and remind him quickly of his future!
Stop looking in the Rear-View Mirror by me J.L. Russell 2/17/2016
If you think about it, really think about those words, how many of you are doing this?
Does a week go by without you using the words “If Only” or “I Wish I Would Have” or “I Should Have” or whatever the words may be?
How many times in a week do you glance into that review mirror? Is it once, twice, three times or more?
When you came to the Lord. When you gave Him your heart and your life and you asked for and received His forgiveness of your sins, those sins are gone and forgotten, the past is gone and it’s called the past for a reason, its passed. You can’t change it, you can’t go back in time, you can’t make a different decision, because that day, hour and minute is gone.
There is something you can do now though and that is stop looking into that rear-view mirror and start looking through the windshield. Look at what’s ahead of you and see the awesome things in-store for you, especially when you have the Lord doing all the guidance and restoring.
God wants you to focus on the here and now and the future, not on the things of the past. When you asked for and received His forgiveness your slate was wiped clean. You were reborn. You have a new heart, a heart for God. Start looking through the windshield and as you go, take Jesus on the ride with you, so He can every now and then, when the windshield gets a crack in it, stop it from spreading and completely restore what needed to be fixed.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their iniquities and their sins will I remember no more.
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