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 the past. On the other hand, it can be dangerous and destructive to
look back. 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 impacted or 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)
My friend, 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)
Heaven’s Rhema: YOUR
FLOW IS IN YOUR FUTURE…not in your past!
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