Dying In The Wilderness

Dying In The Wilderness

Philippians 3:13
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,

There is something very important that we must remember in our walk with Christ. God is always ahead of us and the enemy is always behind us! This is good to know because God always shows you the future and the enemy always reminds you of the past. You cannot go forward while looking backwards.

This is what happened to the children of Israel and why they wandered around for so many years not making any progress. Why? Because they didn't want to let go of their past and move forward. God allowed them to walk in literal circles until they died and he took their children into the promised land because they kept making references to Egypt and how, even though they were slaves, tortured, and killed by Egyptians, they at least had food and water!!!

That sounds like many of us today, holding on to things that are literally killing us, but we can't seem to let go. People in our lives that are sent by the devil and we know they are sent by the devil, yet we keep them around and can't let go. Even things or people that God has warned us about, we can't seem to shake. Or, positions, jobs, etc. that we constantly hold on to because it's "better than nothing".

Well, how long will you wander around in the wilderness before you let go of your past and move on? Many of us can't move on because our past is in our future's place!! And many will die without ever seeing the promise of God for their life. Are you making big plans to die in the wilderness? I don't think the Israelites planned their demise either, but looking back stopped their forward progress.

I encourage you to stop focusing on where you have been and what you have done in the past. God is a future God! He deals with now and forever, not back then. Don't let the devil make you feel that your past is significant anymore because God is in front of you coaching your forward progress while the enemy is behind you, begging you to turn around.

Suggested Reading: Ex. 14:15, Deut. 9:12, Josh. 5:4, Phil. 3:14,