Forget the past - you have a new future!

"Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?  v18-19    Isaiah 43   NKJV 

God is doing a new thing in your life; did you get that? A new thing is about to happen in your life. New opportunities, new starts, new surroundings, new adventures - everything new!

God was doing this for the Israelites. They had been in captivity in Babylon for 70 years or so. Their prospects had looked pretty bleak with nothing to look forward to. However, God had not deserted them and finally brought them through the wilderness to their homeland and freedom.

Warren Wiersbe writes: 

When God forgives and restores His people, He wants them to forget the failures of the past, witness for Him in the present and claim His promises for the future'  v18-21.

Ask yourself, 'Why should I remember that which God has chosen to forget? v25. It doesn't make sense; if God has forgiven you and chosen to forget about the past, surely it makes sense to do the same and move on; it's a new day. If you insist on re-visiting your past, the devil will begin to convince you that all is not well. He will sow seeds of doubt in your mind and then you will become so confused and you will end up worse than when you started - move on!

I like what Tony Evans writes in his study bible:

'As long as you are attached to your past, you negate what God wants to do in your future. Learn from yesterday; don't live in it'.      Rev Tony Evans Study Bible Holman Publishing

Check out that last bit, 'Learn from yesterday, don't live in it.' Ask yourself if you are living in yesterday. Do an assessment on yourself. Are you still attached to your past? Does it keep cropping up every now and then? If so, do what God is telling you and forget the former things, don't even consider them. They are yesterday's news, live in today. There's life out there and God wants you to flow in it; but if you are still attached to the past, you can't move forward - let go. You are not 'Yesterday's Man or Woman', shed off that label, you are 'Today's Person'. Own it and live it!

There is a new beginning about to explode; grab hold of it. The anointing of the Holy Spirit is about to erupt into an amazing revival; jump on board for this exciting ride.

New things - New beginnings - New lives!

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