The EX Daily Word for September 27, 2006

"Forgetting The Past"

Phil. 3:13 'No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be,
but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and
looking forward to what lies ahead,' NLT

You may be stronger because of your past. You may be wiser because of your
past.  But you are not who you were in your past!  Listen, we have a problem
sometimes forgetting.  It's not really people doing it to us as much as it
is us beating ourselves up because of stupid mistakes.  We think of the past
mistakes, sins, and just plain foolish decisions we made and we cringe
sometimes.  But we cannot focus on that.  God took it away when we asked him
to and he is concerned about where you are going and not where you have been
or what you have done. Out of all the people he used, he
never really talked about what they did in their past until they were dead and
gone.  He spoke about their future and their call.  He spoke about their
purpose and their faith.  Only these new Wolves in Sheep Clothing bring up
your hurts and pains of your past to manipulate your future and cause you
to be focused on who you are and not who God is!  Woman thou are loosed,
Man thou are loosed, and all the loosed messages are in your way because
when you accepted Christ, who you are stopped mattering, and who HE is
became priority!  Denying yourself is the total opposite of finding yourself
and being set free is the total opposite of being bound by your past!

Let it go my sister and brother. No matter how bad it is or was, God gave you
Jesus so you would be able to let it go.  We minimize the cross by carrying
past issues and sins around.  We take away from the power of Jesus' blood
when we harbor unforgiveness towards ourselves.  Look, after you are
forgiven, it's then time to move on. Don't hold on to your past any longer.
Allow God to be God and let him give you a fresh start.  I know it's hard
sometimes to forget things because people will try to remind you of it.  But
the bible says that we all have sins and come short.  What you did has been
done before.  But if sin could stop the plan of God, then the death of Jesus
was a farce!  The bible said that Jesus took the power of death, hell, and
the grave when he rose.  Hell?  That means, that hell has no power over you.
That means that your past sins no longer have the power to take you there!
So, if you have power over sin, then sin has no power.  Your past can't stop
you.  Forget about it!  Let it go and move forward in Christ.  Your sins are
not hidden, but they are buried!  Cast into the sea of forgetfulness, never
to be remembered by God again.  He has wiped them away and will continue to
if you continue to move forward.  But if you talk about it and worry about
it, you give it back it's power and you will begin to suffer for it.  Don't
give your past energy and power.  Don't awaken your past by worries and
woes.  Let it go and move on.  God has forgiven you, now it's time that YOU
let it go.
Suggested Reading:  Psa. 103:12, Heb. 8:12, Heb. 10:17, Rev. 1:18

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