I misunderstood an individual. I condemned somebody as a result of I believed a lie. I botched a very good relationship. I judged motives and eliminated relationships. I made rash selections alongside the way in which.
Generally, I’m unhappy after I look again. Are you?
There’s a horrible factor that occurs when folks look again. Keep in mind the story of Lot…
God was going to totally destroy Sodom and Gomorrah due to their wickedness…
“At daybreak the following day, the angels hurried Lot and his household out of Sodom so they might not be destroyed with the town. When Lot hesitated, “the lads grasped his hand and the fingers of his spouse and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the town, for the LORD was merciful to them. As quickly as they’d introduced them out, certainly one of them stated, ‘Flee to your lives! Don’t look again, and don’t cease wherever within the plain! Flee to the mountains or you can be swept away!’” (Genesis 19:15–17).
Because the household fled, “the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens” (Genesis 19:24). However, then, in disobedience to the angel’s command, “…Lot’s spouse appeared again, and he or she grew to become a pillar of salt” (verse 26).
Wanting again destroys us.
Jesus, later, instructed the disciples, “Keep in mind Lot’s spouse!” (Luke 17:32).
Wanting again hinders going ahead.
Wanting again is like attempting to repeatedly run by a high-voltage fence; you assume you’ll be able to bust by to repair what was, however you get jolted, each time by the agony of every little thing you can not change.
How will you stick with God within the current second while you run again to — what was, what ought to have been, and what you/they didn’t do proper? How will you be at peace while you maintain what errors occurred there? How will you stroll in hope when the previous retains convicting you? Or, due to it you blame and convict God?
Don’t look again.
Wanting again makes us callous; specializing in God makes us gentle.
Wanting again breeds negativity; wanting forward with hope builds expectancy.
Wanting again decreases hope, pleasure, and life; staying with God builds relationship.
The place have you ever been residing? Your thoughts can’t dwell in two locations without delay.
God does have good for you within the land during which you might be residing. No season lasts for a lifetime. No rains proceed perpetually. Relaxation assured, the brand new land you’ll could also be totally different, however God might be there.
You don’t should look again as a result of, with God, your future is shiny.
Prayer: Father, thanks that you just love me, you’ve good for me, and you might be main me by your Holy Spirit. Give me the grace proper now to not look again. I don’t need to be discouraged, downcast, or defeated anymore. Assist me to stick with you. Thanks that I’m receiving and believing proper now the brand new grace to do a brand new factor. In Jesus’ Identify. Amen.
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Kelly, a fun-loving, energetic and spunky mother of two rambunctious toddlers, spends her days pushing swings, altering diapers and pursuing the Lord with all her coronary heart. Referred to as a “Cheerleader of Religion”, Kelly’s best want is to assist ladies dwell passionately, purposefully and unencumbered for the Lord.
