This was a lesson I wish I had learned much earlier in my life. I have been myself, but where I failed was in agonizing over others who didn't like me or tried to make me over into their idea of what they thought I should be. I am not talking about sin, but just personality that God gave me.
The day I realized it doesn't matter if anyone likes me, was the day I was free to be what God intended for me.
This realization actually served to help me take my mind off of myself and more fully on Christ and others. It also helped me to move forward after mistakes and sins rather than cogitating on what was in the past, I could move forward to the future.
If I had any advice to give to someone who might want to know, it would be the words of God:
Philippians 3:13-15 "…13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have laid hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus. 15 All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.…"
Isaiah 43:18-19 " 18"Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. 19 "Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.…"
Dwelling on the past can keep us chained to what is not real, but imagined. It can also keep us chained to people who do not have our best interest at heart. We must move on from the past, sometimes even those in the past that do not help us more forward in our walk with Christ.
Anyone who hinders our forward progress with the Lord, must take a back seat to everything God has for us today.
Still learning but thankfully progressing!
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