So many people ignore the gift of history in their own lives. Your life is a road map that has already been documented.
How many times do you hear the past is the past, you can’t change it so forget about it.
Nooooooooooooooooooo.
We need to accept Jesus and have him forgive us of our past. He also will be forgiving us of our present and future since we are sinners. Since Jesus is forgiving us of our past, we too need to forgive ourselves of our past and forgive those who have wronged us.
Never forget your past. It is a wealth of information, experience, which you can use to improve your life in the future. It can be helpful to someone else who is listening that maybe trying to make the same mistakes.
You remember the famous saying that the only thing we have learned about history is that man refuses to learn anything from history.
For multiple reasons, it happens to be the case.
Look back on your life. Take a good hard look at all the significant things that have happened. Now, why did it happen? Don’t be afraid to compare a couple of like kind things and evaluate them together.
Never look at things lightly. There is meaning to almost every major event that sticks out in your mind.
Was God there?
He was there trust me. If you are one of his saved children, how did it work out for you? Were you doing something outside of His wants for your life? Was there correction? Was it loving?
Proverbs 3:12 – 12 For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
What about those times when you’ve been stubborn, brought to your knees and then when you finally let go and gave the reigns to God, what happened? He took care of you didn’t He! No question mark at the end of the sentence on that one. If you love the Lord and turn it over to Him it will be handled.
So why do we continue to slip back into old habits of going against God’s will and trying to do it ourselves when we know if we just turn it over to Him it will be just fine?
Because we are sinful fallen creatures.
I can tell you in my own personal life I have managed to cut to the chase on this. Most of the time I turn the situation over to Him immediately and right away the problem is solved. Believe me the boring roller coaster of few ups and downs is a marvelous ride!
So learn from your past. Not just in the pitfalls but especially in your victories in the Lord. Use those to grow in your walk in other areas with the Lord.