Friday, April 1, 2022

What’s Ahead

“This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14).

If we are not careful, we can spend too much time dwelling on the past. When we do this, it can have a negative effect on our emotions, and it will do one of two things.

Dwelling on past failures will discourage us.

Dwelling on past victories will puff us up and make us proud.

While we need to judge past failures and thank the Lord for past victories, yet we need, like Paul, to have our focus on what is ahead, so that we can “run with patience (endurance) the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1). The goal and prize in the Christian life is always Christ and heaven. Keep this goal and prize in view, and remember that what is ahead is more important than what is behind.

In spite of the past, we have a wonderful and secure future ahead. Don’t lose sight of it.