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Don't Look Back














But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize   Philippians 3:13









As I run, one thing is sure.  

I am not looking back.   

Why?  

It slows me down.  

I need to keep my eye ahead of me.   

I have no desire to fall or trip as I twist to see what is going on behind me.  

What is going on behind me is not my problem. 

In life, it is incredibly easy to focus on past mistakes and regrets, 

or good times and memories so much so that we can’t live our present life.  

We can’t run the race we are in, effectively because we are looking back.

Paul in Philippians gives excellent advice for all of us.  

Forget what is behind.  

Don’t worry about the people, 

the places, 

the events  behind you

Don’t worry about your past; it’s behind you.  

You can’t change your previous life, 

but you should also know that if you’re a Christian, 

you are now on a different course, and your past is not your future.  

Your future is ahead of you; that’s what matters.  

Where you are now, and the race you are running now is what matters to God.   

Satan wants to get you so fixated on what happened in your past 

that you are not effective in the race, you are running right now.  

Paul says to forget what is behind you.  

If anyone had a history, it was him.  

If he could not get so absorbed in the past that he forgot the present, so can we.  

I know some hurts and wounds hurt so severely that it’s hard, 

if not impossible, 

to ignore.  

However, with God’s help, we can rest assured it's not our future.  
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