We celebrate Jesus -- knowing Him!
We celebrate all that He has done this year.. but there is more before us now with Him.
We have this day, this moment. We have the Holy Spirit to control us, believer. Why live in the past or in the future? There are people to befriend for Jesus today.
“I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead” (Philippians 3:13 NLT).
It’s a good day to get past our old life, past our past lives in the world.. on into the future with Christ leading us moment by moment. We have today. We have now to let Jesus be our Lord and Savior.
We cannot live in the past -- some might try. We cannot go back or be controlled by past mistakes or live in past victories. That was then, and this is now.
So if you have blown it in past year in sin, just learn from it. Fail forward, not into more failure. Yeah, just don’t do it anymore. Avoid sin -- choose to hate sin. Learn from the Lord how He hates sin (it destroys people). Turn, trust, make changes in your thinking, in your behavior, in your attitude, in your speech, in your habits -- yes in your daily choices to avoid going down that road lame again. Learn from your mistakes. Come unto Jesus and learn of Him for He is meek and loving in heart.
Not in the future, and at the same time, don’t live in past victories either. If God did something wonderful in your life in the last year, WONDERFUL. Be thankful for that. Express that gratitude to Him. But a new year is before you 2020 and with many new opportunities. So press on for what God has for you. Seek Jesus with all your heart -- seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. See Matthew 6:33-24.
Paul talked about pressing on to reach the end of the race. You and I can by faith do that as well.
