“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah
43:18 NIV).
Why is it so
hard to get rid of negative feelings? Why do we have trouble trusting God? If we
are new creatures in Christ, why don’t we sometimes feel new? Why do things from
the past still control our feelings? Why are things from the past still
affecting our lives? Why do we allow them to define who we are? Why can’t we
just grasp His hand and believe without a struggle?
Because we have accepted Him as Savior, we
are new. The old is done. Negative thoughts of what we have been are no longer
true. I am not a failure. You are not a failure. We have what it takes. We have
Jesus Christ, and He is the way, the truth, and the life which brings new
promise to our lives.
To
truly forget the former things, and not dwell on the past, we can't just believe
IN Him, we must believe Him. To be free from worries that control my life and
your life, we must believe He is who He says He is. We must believe that He will
do what He says. We must believe that we can forget the former things, and they
will not control our lives. I am free in Him. You are free in Him, but we must
believe Him, not just believe in Him.
When we believe Him, newness springs up, the
old is no more, and we can perceive His truth instead of the lies of our past or
circumstance of which the enemy is so quick to remind us. Believing Him brings
the greatest promise! It is a promise that no matter what we face He is our
strength, and He brings life-giving streams of hope and promise to the barren
deserts of our lives.
Perceive what He promises! “I am making a
way in the wilderness,” He proclaims, “and streams in the wasteland. The wild
animals honor me, the jackals and the owls,because I provide water in the
wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise” (Isaiah
43:19-21, NIV).
He has made a way for me! I choose to
forget the former things, and believe Him
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