FAITH CAPSULE: Embrace present season by allowing the past to remain in the past.
Genesis 19
Last month is past but the current month is present. Seeing a new month is a privilege of God for man but not a right for man to claim. To be alive from last months to present month; from yesterday to this today is an evidence that God is moving man forward. However, a failure not to see or acknowledge that God is moving man forward is taking a positioning as an ingrate one before God. An ingrate is ungrateful one before God.
Have you been living life more comfortable in the past months more than present month?
Think of it, relocation from a comfort season is challenging but a new season is refreshing if a believer sees God as One that is in absolute control. Embrace present season by allowing the past to remain in the past. Glorify God so that He may be glorified in the life He has given you. God is great to be glorified. He is perfect to perform. One thing which God cannot do is: HE CANNOT FAIL. Know, understand by remembering that your life today is not because of merit but because of His mercy. Psalm 117 admonished, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! For His merciful kindness is great toward us and the truth of the Lord endures forever.” Mercy of God was in place for Lot and his family, but Lot’s wife failed to see the mercy of God in her journey of relocation. As an acclaimed believer, do you see God in your journey of relocation? Those who live by faith will see in faith and will move by faith knowing that the truth of the Lord endures forever. The truth of God is in His word. He gave His word to warn Lot as stated, “…Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.” (Genesis 19:17)
Take note, pay attention to the truth and know that last month is past, but the current month is present. An escape from self-destruction in the journey of relocation demands absolute setting sight on the word of God. His word is His command that can be challenging for man to embrace. God’s command was obviously challenging for Lot’s wife to obey because she could not look away from her comfort zone which was her past. The Bible recorded that Lot’s wife looked back behind him and she became a pillar of salt. (Genesis 19:26) Could it be that your relocation is God’s way of re-positioning you for better? What is it in your past that cannot be forgotten? What is it that is causing you not to see God as one that orders your step?
Give all the glory to God for where you are today. Continually remember that last month is past, but the current month is present.
Prayer for today: Ask for mercy of God to be evidence in your life.