Forget....

My Last post was on the subject of fulfilling God's plan for your life. I said that in order to do that you have to have a will to fulfill it. You have to have a passion and a desire to fulfill that plan. This topic has a lot to do with another will and that's what I write to you about today.

When you build a house there are steps. You have the foundation, you have the walls, you have the roof, and so many more tasks in between to complete before you can move in and live safely. We often forget that there are step to fulfilling God's plan. We often forget to forget. We often forget to forgive. I tell you its impossible to move on to tomorrow if your still holding on to yesterday. We worry about what God wants and plans for our future but usually forget to forgive the hurts from the past.

I have a past like anyone else. I've made many mistakes but I've also been hurt deeply by the ones of others. For so long I hated the ones that had harmed me. For so long I let my pain fill up in side of me and I held on to it like a baby does with his or her pacifier. I let memories of tears run through my mind constantly. I tell you, that you cannot be happy, you cannot be glad, and you cannot be joyful, if all you hear are the sad songs of life!

I came to a huge understanding of this about 14 and 1/2 years later. I came to the realization that forgiveness actually existed. I became a believer in Jesus Christ and let me say its not always easy, but when you meet Jesus, everything changes. I realized that I had spit the face of Christ, I had placed a crown of thorns upon his brow, and nailed him to a cross but more than anything I realized that even though I had done everything in my power to hurt him, he still loved me. I realized that through repentance and faith in him I had been forgiven. I saw that I had no right to hold anything, against anyone else.

I had to let go of yesterday to grasp today and hope for a tomorrow. I was made anew in Christ, meaning everything before this place, this time, and this thought has been blotted out. That pain, those memories, and those tears were all washed, wiped, and covered with and in the blood of Jesus Christ who went to hell and back for me and you. He didn't just save us for yesterday but he saved us for eternity.

Do you have the will? The will to forget, the will forgive, which gives us the will to fulfill. Refuse to be chained by the past and gain freedom in Christ. Tell Satan to take his hate, take his guilt, take his shame, and get out of here. Do you want life? Do you want joy? Do you want purpose? Seek Jesus. Anything worth having is in him.