GET OUT
OF THE REARVIEW MIRROR!
Sometimes
it’s good to look back. We cannot afford
to forget our family and faith legacies, nor should we neglect lessons learned
from our past. On the other hand, it can
be dangerous and destructive to look back.
For there is a human tendency to become victimized by ‘the paralysis of
analysis,” that is, to focus so heavily on past negatives that future positives
are ignored. In such cases, personal
potential is delayed or denied.
Jesus
recalled the story of Lot’s wife, who was advised to flee from a place of
destruction and never to look back. Due
to anxiety about the life she left behind, she took one more glance backward
and turned into a pillar of salt. (Genesis 19:24-26 and Luke 17:32)
Get out
of the rearview mirror! In vehicles,
rearview mirrors are needed (primarily) for changing lanes. This is not necessarily your season to change
lanes. Indeed, it is your time to forge
ahead with faith, joy and confidence. The Apostle Paul said it well: “Forgetting
those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are
before, I press…” (Philippians 3:13-14) Jesus
Christ said it best: “No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking
back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62)
your flow is in your future…not in your past!
Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed,
and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING
KING. Maranatha!
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