May 15th, 2010 No Turning Back
The road ahead is all that matters, there is no point looking back. Dwelling on the past will only cause you to lose out on a bright and exciting future. Admittedly, the journey ahead may be difficult and challenging and even sometimes scary, but there is no point turning back because that will only cause you to fail.
In the Christian life this is especially true. Once you have made a commitment to serve God and leave behind a life of sin, that commitment is for a lifetime. You can’t go back to your former life. To do so means death – especially spiritual death.
Lot’s Wife Looked Back
The best example of this is Lot’s wife. You will find the story in Genesis 19.
The Lord was about to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah for their atrocious sins. The Lord decided to save Lot and his family because of his righteousness. The angel of the Lord told Lot to take his wife and daughters and flee the city immediately. He also told them to not look back otherwise they will die (verse 17). However, Lot’s wife could not help herself; she looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt (verse 26).
You see, by looking back essentially she was saying, “I will miss this place despite all the wrong acts it committed.”
Change for the Better
The Christian life means change for the better. A life filled with blessings and accomplishments. In Proverbs it states: “As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.” (Proverbs 26:11)
Don’t be a fool and keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again, but keep working to improve your life and you will reap the rewards.
Road not Easy, but Rewarding
A Christian life may not be easy as you will not always get the things you want when you want it, as well as face persecution from those who are against your beliefs. But despite the trials, it is a much better life than one lived apart from Jesus. The bible teaches that:
“There is wonderful joy ahead, even though it is necessary for you to endure many trials for a while. These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure… So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring much praise and glory and honour on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world”. I Peter 1:6-7
Your trials help you to build faith and not to mention the great reward you will receive when Jesus Christ returns. If you give up, you will lose.
Keep looking at the road and ahead and at no time look back, because God is at the end of the road.
June 8th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
You are so right, do not look back!
July 6th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
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Like the prodigal son, our Father awaits us at the end of the road… not in judgment but with grace and love. For those who do not know Him, I pray you will come to hear His voice.
God has reconciled the world to Himself, and asks us to not turn back.
Good words and lesson there Lisa. Thank you.
your bro gralan
July 11th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
The subsequent time I learn a weblog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as a lot as this one. I imply, I do know it was my choice to learn, but I actually thought youd have one thing attention-grabbing to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you might repair if you happen to werent too busy in search of attention.
July 14th, 2011 at 9:57 am
Sorry you feel that way