Have you experienced broken relationships? It can be your friends, spouse, family members or even your church ministry. Deep down in your heart, you are hurt. You try to pick yourself up again, but you find it difficult. You may even try to explain your thoughts to your close ones, but you realize it is no point.It gets bad to worse.
What do you do during this season of broken relationships and hurt inside? Suddenly people misinterpret every thought or word that you tried to express. Your trust is broken and suddenly you aren’t sure did you make the right decision from day one.
I believe the Lord sees each of our struggles within us. It is wise to turn our direction to the Lord. If you are someone who has random thoughts running in your mind and it is draining you, stop these thoughts. Refuse to think negatively and dwell in the past.It is also wise to control our emotions and not dwell on these emotions.
One thing I have learnt in life is,the only way to move forward in life is to stop looking back at your past.
Genesis chap 19:26 (NIV)-But Lot’s wife looked back,and she became a pillar of salt.
In this story of Lot we see that that Lot was told to take his wife and daughters to leave Sodom.Earlier in the same chapter the angels told Lot dont look back.
Genesis chap 19 : 17 ( NIV)- As soon as they had brought them out,one of them said,”Flee for your lives!Don’t look back,and dont stop anywhere in the plain!Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”
But Lot’s wife looked back as the city burned.As a result she became a pillar of salt.
How do we look back?You may be in a broken relationship with someone right now.You must stop looking back at the broken relationships.Let GOD heal the relationship.When we put our focus on GOD,He heals our soul and makes us look at things differently.Most of the times,we get so worked up in random thoughts of the past that indirectly makes us tired.Most of the time it is really no point.You may be asking WHY or How for a situation that you are in right now.Trust me,stop all the why’s.God’s plan is always to give us a future and a plan.Stop looking back.
As 2021 is coming to an end,let us learn to stop looking back.When I say stop looking back,that includes our dissapointments and also our wins in our life.Start fresh.Delete your whole past and be excited as God charts your next season in life.
1st Corinthians chap 2 : 9 ( NIV)- ”What no eye has seen,what no ear has heard,and what no human mind has conceived,the things God has prepared for those who love him.”
Say this today: ”I choose not to look back”-R.J.JOHN
Prayer:”Abba ,I thank you Lord for your mercy and grace upon me.I give you glory as you have been faithful in my life.I choose not to look back and look forward to receive your goodness only in my life.”Amen
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