Leave It Behind
Philippians 3:13, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.”
Good Morning! Greetings to you all and may today bring you joy and promises kept; a lasting relationship with God above; a renewing in your spirit that leads to all good things in His name! Have you awakened to the thought of good things, new things? Have you opened your eyes and said, thank you Lord for giving me this another day to be in your grace? Are you willing to open your mind and heart to what God can do? If you are a Christian, you should be constantly seeking His will. If you are someone today reading this that hasn’t made that decision to follow God, I pray that you are on the verge of seeking a true connection with God; that you will accept Him, ask Him for forgiveness, then know He found you first! God has always been right beside all of us. Our next steps after accepting is to leave behind the old you, the old life, the negative people; anything that steals the joy out of you. Worldly desires of things of this world are nothing compared to the everlasting love provided by God. When we finally surrender to His will we become set apart from the evils of this world. Our new life is to seek everything pertaining to Him and Him alone. We have a desire to take full responsibility, changing direction and then relying completely on God to redeem all consequences. God offers the way to transform past failures into growth when we confess the sin, when we rely on His scriptures-not emotions, then move forward with faith, trust, hope and love. The hardest part of that acceptance, to fully follow Him, will be the leaving of the old ways, leave the life we thought was the right life. When you became a teenager, you left the childish ways, then as a young adult you left the frivolous ways of youth; then you chose adulthood with all of the choices that can bring! Leaving the old behind enabled you to grow in all aspects of life. This is the way God helps us to understand how leaving the bad behind gives you the opportunity to live better, love better, just BE better! We are born again, a new creation, ready to walk in a newness of life, renewing our minds toward God and His promises. So today, accept the new life with grace, study scriptures, pray, live better and maintain a relationship with God so you can totally leave it behind!
Scriptures:
Read: I John 1:9, Philippians 3:13-15, Isaiah 43:18-19, Galatians 2:20, Matthew 6:14-15, Acts 2:38-39, II Corinthians 5:17-18, I Corinthians 6:19-20, Romans 6:2-6,22-23, John 3:3, I Corinthians 10:13, I Corinthians 13:11-13, Luke 8:17, Isaiah 55:7, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Proverbs 28:13
Prayer:
Lord, we come today thanking you for continuing to seek us, to offer a better way, a lasting way to leave this world of sin behind. Lord, give each of us strength to push toward a better life by letting you guide us daily through everything we go through on our journey to eternity. Amen.