Let go of the past in order to grab the future

I’ve found that often times in order to gain something better, we have to let go of something we currently have. We all want to be moving forward and progressing in life. But sometimes even that can be a painful process. We may have to move on from the familiar to something new and different.

Even though things we move towards may be better and a step in the right direction, we may be reluctant to let go of something in our lives just because it’s familiar. We hold onto some things because they are comfortable. This can happen even to the most extreme degrees. Prison inmates, when they have been inside long enough, sometimes have a difficult time adapting to the world when they are released. Even though being free is definitely better than being prison, part of them still wants to hold onto their old life. That’s how much we value the comfortable and familiar.

I’m definitely one who values having things that are comfortable and familiar in my life. I definitely don’t like change. Change is a part of life, though. One thing I’ve had to learn how to do is trust that what I have in front of me is better than what is behind me. No matter how mundane, or maybe unpleasant, something I currently have is, it can be difficult to move past it sometimes.

But sometimes what we currently have may seem really good. We may wonder, “Why would I want to let go of this?” Well, sometimes it’s what’s required to move forward in life. Sometimes it may be a job, a relationship, or some possession we own. If we held onto everything from our past when making the next step in life, we would have so much baggage to carry with us that we couldn’t handle it. I couldn’t move on to middle school until I let go of elementary school. And I couldn’t move onto high school until I let go of middle school. Those are just different stages in life. I can’t live in all three stages at the same time.

Then there are things in our past that may involve mistakes we have made. We have things we regret that make it difficult for us to move forward. We keep thinking so much about our past failures that we can’t focus on our future and what we need to do here and now. This can easily keep us swirling in a state of sameness. We have a heavy weight we are carrying that prevents us from moving on to something greater. These can sometimes be the most difficult things to let go of. And sometimes these are the most important things to let go of. They can be the most debilitating. Learning that the past is the past and there’s nothing you can do to change it can be one of the most difficult lessons. It can also be one of the most important lessons.

…Let’s go deeper

AV Luke 9:62: “And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” Putting our hands to the plow represents the work God has for us to do. This verse is saying that we can’t be fully effective at these things if we are continually looking back to our past. The best way to plow a straight row is to keep looking straight ahead. That’s also how to be the most engaged. I can fully focus on the people and things in front of me when I am looking forward.
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AV Philippians 3:13: “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Paul was admitting here that he didn’t have it all figured out. But what he was saying was, “There’s this one thing I’ve learned. I’m not going to focus on the things I did wrong in the past. I’m going to look forward to what God has for me. I’m going to press toward the prize God has waiting for me at the end.” I believe this can also involve not living in reverie over the good things of the past. Sometimes we can get stuck, not from just a past failure, but also a past success. We may want to hold onto that moment. But eventually we have to move forward without thinking that that’s as good as it’s going to get. We have to believe there are still better days ahead. Thinking we have peaked can be just as damaging as thinking we have ultimately failed.

AV Isaiah 43:18: “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.” God’s desire is for Him to be doing new things in our lives. New experiences, new things we have learned, and a closer relationship with Him. God doesn’t want us to stagnate. He wants us to be a continually renewed spring of living water, with Him as our source. This keeps us energized and moving towards the future. And He wants this regardless of our circumstances. When we are looking to Him and towards our future, we are creating the opportunity for Him to work in and through our lives.

AV Luke 9:62: “And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

AV Isaiah 43:18: “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.”