Stop Being a Slave to the Past

“Our past may explain why we're suffering, but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage.” Joyce Meyer

We all have made mistakes and we all have regretted some things in our life and I believe many of us, myself included, tend to live in the past sometimes. Some of us might cling to past relationships that have failed and blame ourselves for it, some of us might have sinned and even though we have asked forgiveness from God, we still dwell on it, and some of us might just live in the past and think "what could have been". All of these things create bondage in our lives and prevent us from moving forward to the life that God has destined us to. If we have given the past to God then we need to move forward. It is a sin when we ask forgiveness about something or we consume our lives with something from the past that we have given to God. Pslams 46:10 says "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth". When we give the past to God and have faith that he will take care of it then we must remember what Pslams 46:10 says "Be still, and know that I am God". 

I believe that we can truly be a slave to our past. We forget that God can overcome and conquer all things. When we become a slave to our past we put our lives on hold, we can not move forward. There are days that I am consumed with the past and I worry about stuff that I can not change. When I allow this to happen it affects how I feel and treat people. We must learn to move forward. I believe that we as Christians forget the most simple truths about God, we forget that He is Love, He is the Alpha and the Omega, that He is stronger than any fear, worry, or doubt that we might have. If we want to move forward in our lives and prosper like the Word of God promises us, we must start remembering the simple truths of our God. 

Being a slave to our past will prevent us from running the race that God has for us. A runner does not just stop in the middle of the course and think about all of the races or runs that he or she failed at, a runner keeps moving, sometimes moving slower on some parts of the course and sometimes moving faster, but a runner never just stops. When we live in the past we stop our lives and put it on hold. I believe that God wants me and others to finally start seeing that he is bigger than our past and he is more than able and willing to take care of the bondage that holds us down. Be still, and know the He is God and continue the race that he has set out for you.

Hebrews 12:1-3

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.