Looking Ahead To The Future

Moving Forward

Isaiah 43:18-19

Isaiah 43:18–19 LEB

“You must not remember the former things, and you must not consider the former things. Look! I am about to do a new thing! Now it sprouts! Do you not perceive it? Indeed, I will ⌊make⌋ a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.

God is telling Isaiah “do not call to mind the former things, or ponder the things of the past.” he is literally saying that we are to receive God‘s forgiveness and look ahead to our future.

We all have a past and some things are not so good, therefore we need to ask God for forgiveness, learn from our past mistakes, and make amends if at all possible with the one we hurt and look forward to the new things the Lord will do in our lives.

God wants to heal everything that hurts us, but first we have to choose to let it go. Just like David we need to acknowledge our sin and ask God to forgive us.

Psalm 32:5

After a strong exhortation to forget the former things, the Lord says, “See, I am doing a new thing! Do you not perceive it?” This question is vital to understanding how dwelling on the past affects us. The fact is, when we are caught up in the thoughts and events of the past, wallowing in the hurts and pains of yesterday, we become oblivious to the “New” things the Lord is doing in all around us. That’s why God asked, do you not perceive it? The perception of someone who struggles with letting go of the past literally becomes dulled-keeping them from seeing the good things the Lord is doing all around them.

last week I talk to you about splinters in your eyes. Splinters cause you not to discern the good things that God is doing all around you

Hebrews 12:2

2. While there is a place and time to recollect the events of the past to gain a heart of wisdom, there is also a time to just let it go release it. The apostle Paul said in

Philippians 3:12 “Not that I have already received this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.”

God does not want us to go through life looking in the rearview mirror. It’s time now to look ahead and focus on what’s before us. God wants to do a new thing in our lives. He wants us to rise up to our full potential in him. The Lord has called us to do mighty things. He will even make a roadway in the wilderness rivers in the desert for us.

We have to keep moving forward. It is only in moving forward that we will ever accomplish what God has called us to. We cannot stay where we are, nor can we go backwards the only direction we can go is forward. So let’s move on and keep our eyes focused on God and grow.

1 Corinthians 2:9

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