This statement was sent to me by a friend yesterday following my life talk message. How profound those words are to all of us who desire to follow after Jesus, but just have a really hard time overcoming our past. Our new series on Sunday had to do with getting past our past. Every key person that God called to advance His mission had a past to get past. From Abraham, Jacob, David, Peter, Apostle Paul, and the list goes on - even today with you - to overcome a terrible past. If you reflect too much on your past, you're history. This is why Paul writes, "I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us (Philippians 3:14)." Paul is not stuck in his past. He's moving forward. He realizes that God has cleansed his past sins and that he has now been made a vessel to transport this same grace to others who need to get freed from their past.
What about you? How are you doing with your past? Trust Jesus to move you forward when you just can't get past your past. Press on!
