Forgetting

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.  Philippians 3:13

This is such a well-known verse.  A verse that is so often quoted and memorized, but as I read it today, I wondered how often I actually put this verse into practice.

It's so important to keep the past in the past.  If not, it will haunt our present and cripple our future.  When we think of the past, we often think of all the bad things that have happened to us throughout our life, or we think about our past sins and regrets, but in the margin of my Study Bible it has a side note that says the following:

"Forgetting good things that might cause one to rest on his accomplishments."

That is an interesting thought.  One I had not meditated on before.  Yes, there have been times in my life when I look back at all the good things I have done.  I will think to myself, 'I used to do this' or 'I used to serve in this ministry years ago.'  I had to ask myself, "What am I doing for the Lord right now?"

Am I resting in my past accomplishments that keeps me from serving today?

I'm reminded of another verse in Scripture:  "And Jesus said unto him, No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." Luke 9:62

We are in TODAY,

      So, we must live in TODAY.

           Today has no room for yesterday, and it has no room for tomorrow.

                But that's just me!

"I try to avoid looking forward or backward and try to keep looking upward."  anonymous