Do you ever think back fondly at a particular season of your life when God used you mightily, and wish you could go back? Maybe it was a time of personal Ministry, or public outreach when God was moving in awesome ways…and you were in the middle of it, serving with a joyful heart. But seasons change and so do we…and we can get caught up in the “what was” rather than in the “what is to be”. One of my favorite quotes from Oswald Chambers is, “Beware of paying attention or going back to what you once were, when God wants you to be something that you have never been.” God is always forward focused, and our Spiritual growth needs to be geared that way too. Growing in the knowledge of God is an ever-deepening experience of Christ…of understanding His Truth…and should characterize every Believer’s course of life. We can’t continue to grow in the Lord if we keep looking back & reminiscing about the “good ole days”, for they’ll never return. And besides, the Lord has far more important work for us to do in the future.
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