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There is an idiom that says, Don’t trip over what’s behind you. It means if you focus on something that has happened and is behind you, you’ll trip over it. You won’t be able to go forward and experience what’s ahead of you.
God wants to show you how that challenge or problem or need is behind you now. You don’t have to see it in front of you as controlling parts of your life. It can’t continue to harass you. It’s behind you now! That’s how God wants you to see it. You’re moving on.
But you may say, “I can still see it. I feel the effects of what is happening.” However, here’s how God works. Even though not every symptom of the issue is gone, your future days will improve. Your spirit can be relieved and your mind at ease. In spite of what you feel or see, it isn’t going to progress and take over. Therefore, see it as behind you now. Even if you have the signs and indications still there, it won’t be a part of your future.
There was a writer who decided to create a website because he wanted people to have a place where they could write their story. He designed this site where they could go and share the words they felt represented where they were in their life. There was one catch. They could use just six words. They had to be able to express how they viewed who they were and the events of their life in just six words.
One person who must’ve had a problem with putting events behind them wrote, “Not quite what I was planning.” That’s how they describe their life. You can sense the disappointment and how events had not gone the way they desired. That person is allowing the fact that their plans had not happened to be restraining them. They need to see it as behind them and go on. Quit tripping over it.
Sure, things happen that are not what we planned. We think we have the years to come all planned out and when they don’t go our way, it can be disappointing. But we need to see that as behind us and go on. Otherwise, it will restrain us from seeing our plans fulfilled in the present and the future.
Another person wrote on the website these six words, “People lie. Keep trying to believe.” We can see they have experienced people not keeping their commitment, not being honest. Perhaps someone said to them they cared for them, but their actions showed otherwise. Or someone made a promise that meant much to them but it wasn’t fulfilled. That’s behind them now and they realize they have to keep trying to believe in spite of that. They won’t trip over the lies of the past and continue to see them as part of their life.
You know that’s what happens. We can see something as still a part of our life when it isn’t. God says it’s behind you now. Don’t allow it to restrain you. So this person says they’re going to keep on believing. Keep growing. Keep trusting. Keep seeking the way of God for their life. Not be restrained by the lies of the past.
On that website, another person wrote, “Father died. Mother ineffectual. Succeeded anyway.” Wow, that’s strong. Their father had passed away when they were young but they made the choice that would not restrain their life. Then as their mother tried to raise them, she didn’t have the ability. She was ineffectual. A weak person. But they refused to allow that to stop them from succeeding. So even though Father died, Mother was ineffectual, they succeeded anyway. They didn’t trip over what was behind them, but they went forward into the excitement of what was ahead of them.
God wants you to see that you can go forward into the excitement of what is ahead of you. In spite of what you’re facing now and what has become a part of you that you didn’t want, it cannot restrain you, if you see it as behind you and you’re going forward. In spite of what is happening, you’ll succeed anyway!
This day are you experiencing what God has for you, or are you still thinking about the restrictions on you now? I know you feel those, see them, think about them. But God is coming now to help you realize they are behind you. He can help you in your emotions, in your thoughts, and what you see for your life. He can help you escape from that so you can enjoy the present of what God is doing. (Ref. Psalm 138:8.)
Spiritual Powerline to say out loud:
“IT’S BEHIND ME; I’M MOVING ON!”
Here is a powerful prayer to say out loud:
Father, in spite of what I see, I know this issue is behind me. So I’m going forward into what You have for me. Nothing I see or experience can prevent me from receiving all the good that’s ahead of me. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
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