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Do not Dwell On The Past

     Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, Philippians 3:13.

   The book of acts gives us the detailed story of Saul of Tarus, who later became known as Paul. Prior to his conversion, he desperately persecuted God’s people. However, one day, on his way to Damascus, in furtherance of his merciless onslaught   against the church, he had an encounter with the Lord “…what wilt thou have me to do?...” Acts 9:6.

  That day, Lord changed his destiny and gave him a new focus. The hitherto persecutor of the church became one of the Lord’s greatest Apostles whom He charged with the responsibility to take Gospel to the Gentiles, turning them from darkness to light, and from  the power of Satan unto God, Acts 26:18. With a greater zeal than that with which he previously persecuted the church, Paul committed His life to reaching the Gospel, refusing to be deterred by his unpleasant past. He realized that “…if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” 2 Corinthians 5:17. This was his testimony; this was his victory: To hold forth the world of life with boldness, irrespective of the past. Our opening verse reveals, how he was able to deal with His past; a lesson for us all.

  Paul’s testimony shows what the Lord can do in the life of anyone who receives the word, regardless of their past. The Lord Jesus can transform a man forever, and give him a new destiny; His word in you will transform your life and recreate your world by the influence of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, like the Apostle Paul, be totally committed to the Lord and His Gospel. Speak the word with boldness, and refuse to allow anything, including past experiences, daunt your zeal for revealing Christ to your world.

 

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