By Pastor Dr. Aggrey Soyekwo
Isaiah 43:18-19 “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? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” – NIV
In the ups and downs of life, many things happen. There are nice and pleasant things. There are nasty and horrible ones too. We fall and rise up, stagger and stabilise. That’s what Israel went through. Even in their worst situations, God still promised to restore them. In the verses above, He asks them to forget the past because He was doing a new thing.
Whatever the past was, good or bad, God gives new chances and beginnings. He is God of another chance who heals, restores, forgives and comforts again. He wipes the past away. Even if the past was good, He has better things ahead. He says do not dwell on the past. The more you dwell on the past, the less you see or perceive the new thing God is doing. From the wasteland, lose, hopelessness, He makes a way and causes a blossom.
Let this encourage you today. God heals and restores the past. Arise from the shadows of the valley, from the guilt and pains of the past. Cast your past to Him. Let God’s light shine upon you. See the new things God is doing in your life. Forget the past. Leave it to Him.
Isaiah 60:1 “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.”
Shalom. Peaceful week