A Brighter Future

“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,

forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.”

II Peter 1:5-9

 

The biggest reason most people aren’t able to love themselves with biblical love is because we are not able to get past our own past.

We rehearse every failure, every rejection and every hurt and convince ourselves the future can be nothing more than a repeat of our past!

And we are not alone in our efforts.

We have a co-conspirator in the enemy who loves to assist as we amble down bad memories lane.

Don’t take that road trip.

Are you tempted to rehash your past?

Let this acronym serve as a reminder to what reliving the past can do –

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The single greatest detriment to my future is when I fail to deal with my past.

It is as if my yesterday lies in wait to snatch up my tomorrow.

But we can move on from what has gone on before in our lives.

We don’t have to give free reign to the enemy, allowing him to use our past to bring defeat and struggle to our today and our tomorrows.

Learn to deal with the past.

Learn to put it in the past.

Learn to not visit there!

Let’s take a closer look this week, shall we?