"When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, 'Don't look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away."
Genesis 19:17 NLT
Before you came to know Jesus, you may have had a varied past, possibly living an average lifestyle and not really having any bad issues, or living on the wild side of life.
The past can figure quite strongly in our lives. For some, it's remembering past hurts, disappointments, broken marriages, prison or other things. For other people, it may be sin, which could include sexual immorality, fast life style, drugs, fast cars and alcohol addiction. There may be other things that I've not listed here. We may have regrets over things done in the past. This may have led to suffering guilt for what you were involved in.
Whatever your past, if you have Jesus Christ in your life, then you are a new person. He made you brand new and wiped the slate of all the past, forgiving you totally (Romans 8:1-4). The problem is, we are tempted many times to look back to our past, thinking of some of the so-called good times. We cling on to the past as if we are frightened to let it go. Some of us have made vows that they will never allow anyone to treat them like they were treated. It is pointless to go there, there is no mileage in your past, it is over, or is it? Remember Lots wife. The angel had warned them not to look back or they would be destroyed; and she was, being turned into a pillar of salt. She had been warned and now she was paying the price.
Do you look back on your past life? Do you look back on the sin you may have been involved in? You cannot make progress with God while you're still hanging on to the past, and anyway, God has given you a new life, aren't you living in disobedience when you visit the past. Jesus summed this up quite clearly in Matthew 6:24: 'No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other.' What is unclear about that?
Paul touched on this subject in Philippians 3:13-14: ' I focus on this one thing: forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus is calling us.' Notice that Paul didn't look back, he looked forward v13, He was a forward thinking person and God wants each of us to be the same.
Looking back over your shoulder is like you have something to hide or are running away from something or someone. Do yourself a favour, isn't it about time you spoke to Jesus about this. He understands and accepted you in the first place so, He can be trusted to help you stop looking back.
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