As I've grown in my walk as a believer, something I've come to realize about myself is that I have trouble letting go of the past. Old failures, missed opportunities. Times when I could've acted one way and chose to do the opposite.
Of course, I can't undo any of the things I've done or do the things I didn't do. They were for the times and places when they happened, but I can't take them back.
Scripture admonishes believers to " (forget) what is behind and strain toward what is ahead, (pressing) on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called (us) heavenward in Christ Jesus" as Philippians 3:13-14 says. I have trouble letting go the past, the good and the bad, old blessings and old sins. That verse reminds us of both signs of the issue: leaving the past and pressing forward toward what lies ahead. For believers, that means what lies above, eternity with The Lord in heaven.
The thing is, I know that I can't change what has already happened and I can't have the things of the past. Really, I shouldn't want them. Regardless of all this, there is still a temptation to look back and wonder what might've been. Of course, God has a plan for the life of every believer, and if something does or doesn't happen, it's only because God means for that thing to happen and acts accordingly.
The ability to forget is a mercy that God Himself extends to us when He saves us. Isaiah 43:25 says, "I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more." When our sins are forgiven, God no longer holds them against us. It's a very comforting and liberating thing to remember, something I very much need to remember.
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