When I was listening to the meditation I thought about what I said in my video that I did for a new group The Kings Church are doing.
When you are driving it's ok to glance in the rear view mirror but you can't focus on it for long. You need to keep your eyes looking forward to where you are going.
Satan wants us to focus on the past (in our rearview mirror), but we need to keep our focus on where we are going.
In the meditation at 0:07 it asks " Do you ever have trouble letting go of the past. God wants us to celebrate victories in our lives, but he doesn't wants us to dwell on yesteryear. In order for God to work new miracles in our lives today and in the future we must let go of things that are keeping us from moving forward.
And looking in the rear view mirror will stop us from moving forward.
Lyrics of a song came to mind there : "Jesus, take the wheel
Take it from my hands
'Cause I can't do this on my own I'm letting go. So give me one more chance. And save me from this road I'm on Jesus, take the wheel"
'Cause I can't do this on my own I'm letting go. So give me one more chance. And save me from this road I'm on Jesus, take the wheel"
So what I got from the message today is we need to let go of our past sins so that we can move forward. In the meditation it asks "What is God calling us to let go of????
Well my answer is the shame and guilt of my past!!!! Another song started to play in my head which I just love it's called Redeemed by Big Daddy Weave
Seems like all I could see was the struggle. Haunted by ghosts that lived in my past. Bound up in shackles of all my failures. This song lyrics says it all for me they lyrics are amaising
Wow I love today word from UCB. It ties in with this meditation.
Adjusting your vision
Thursday 24th February 2022
'My eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.' Isaiah 6:5 NIV
Before God called the prophet Isaiah to a position of leadership in the nation, he adjusted his vision. Uncorrected vision leads to skewed perspective, poor judgement and wasted effort. Israel's constant rebellion was putting them in jeopardy with God, and they needed a leader with clear vision. So, the first thing God did was give Isaiah a vision of God's glory and power. Without it, he could not have done the job. Without this life-changing encounter with God, he would never have been strong enough to complete his mission. And the same applies to you. Whatever God calls you to do will require more than a job description and some basic skills. You will need a vision of God's glory and limitless power to reassure you he is more than adequate for the challenge (see Ephesians 3:20)!
The second thing God did was adjust Isaiah's vision of himself. Once your God-concept is adjusted, you're ready for a self-concept adjustment - and not before! If you start with step two, you will quit before you begin. Isaiah cried, 'I am not pure, and I live among people who are not pure' (Isaiah 6:5 NCV). Isaiah realised he was no better than the people he had been called to reach. Until you see yourself realistically and humbly in relation to God and others, your mission won't succeed (see Romans 12:3.)
The third thing God did was respond to Isaiah's humility. An angel touched his lips with God's purifying fire and said, 'Your sin is taken away' (Isaiah 6:7 NCV). God doesn't call perfect leaders. He calls humble, honest, forgiven leaders, and crowns their efforts with success, regardless of the odds.
The prayer from the meditation:
Dear father thank you for reminding me of your Grace, your mercy, and your power. Thank you for giving me a hope and a future even when I'm down in discouraged.
father I want to be in a position for a new thing in my life. I want to let go of what is dragging me down. Help me to do that, walk beside me, give me wisdom and courage I love you Lord.
Father thank you for rescuing my soul, thank you for your grace mercy, and love. Father I confess that too often I live in the past and too often I let the failures and tragedies of my past drag me down forgive me.
Help me to let go and move on. Father I want to live in the present and the future, not the past. I want to be ready for the new thing you have prepared for me walk beside me. it's in Jesus name I pray
In the meditation it says that the Israelites had trouble letting go of their past too. They had been captured by the Babylonians and where living in a foreign land. God gave them hope this is what Isaiah said in 43:18-19
“But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
This reminds me of Jeremiah 10:11..... For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
So God had a future for the Israelites and he has one for us too. To get there but we need to let go of our past sins. Satan wants us to focus on our past sins. Much like a helpless animal stuck in a pool of quicksand. God wants to rescue us he is ready to do a new thing in our life. 😇
I looked up in my Bibles to see any insights about Isaiah 43:18-19 and I found this in my
*Every Day Life Bible (Joyce Meyer)...Life point
We can release God's plan for our lives by no longer thinking about the things of old, believing that God has a good plan for our future. Since what we think about eventually comes out of our mouths, we will never get our mouths straightened out unless we do something about our thoughts.
I believe that if we stop mentally living in the past, we can begin to think in agreement with God. Then once we do that, we can begin to speak in agreement with Him. By so doing we can actually prophesy our own future.
If God can make a way in the wilderness because and rivers in the desert, He can make a way for you.
The end part made me think of a devotional I have called streams in the desert. So I looked it up and I loved the message here too...
*February 24 Steam In The Desert
Though John never performed a miraculous sign, all that John said about this man was true. (John 10:41) Perhaps you are very dissatisfied with yourself. You are not a genius, have no distinctive gifts, and are inconspicuous when it comes to having any special abilities. Mediocrity seems to be the measure of your existence. None of your days are noteworthy, except for their sameness and lack of zest. Yet in spite of this you may live a great life. John the Baptist never performed a miracle, but Jesus said of him, “Among those born of women there is no one greater” (Luke 7:28). His mission was to be “a witness to the light” (John 1:8), and that may be your mission and mine. John was content to be only a voice, if it caused people to think of Christ. Be willing to be only a voice that is heard but not seen, or a mirror whose glass the eye cannot see because it is reflecting the brilliant glory of the Son. Be willing to be a breeze that arises just before daylight, saying, “The dawn! The dawn!” and then fades away. Do the most everyday and insignificant tasks knowing that God can see. If you live with difficult people, win them over through love. If you once made a great mistake in life, do not allow it to cloud the rest of your life, but by locking it secretly in your heart, make it yield strength and character. We are doing more good than we know. The things we do today—sowing seeds or sharing simple truths of Christ—people will someday refer to as the first things that prompted them to think of Him. For my part, I will be satisfied not to have some great tombstone over my grave but just to know that common people will gather there once I am gone and say, “He was a good man. He never performed any miracles, but he told me about Christ, which led me to know Him for myself.” George Matheson Thy Hidden Ones (Ps. 83:3 KJV) Thick green leaves from the soft brown earth, Happy springtime has called them forth; First faint promise of summer bloom Breathes from the fragrant, sweet perfume, Under the leaves. Lift them! what marvelous beauty lies Hidden beneath, from our thoughtless eyes! Mayflowers, rosy or purest white, Lift their cups to the sudden light, Under the leaves. Are there no lives whose holy deeds— Seen by no eye save His who reads Motive and action—in silence grow Into rare beauty, and bud and blow Under the leaves? Fair white flowers of faith and trust, Springing from spirits bruised and crushed; Blossoms of love, rose-tinted and bright, Touched and painted with Heaven’s own light Under the leaves. Full fresh clusters of duty borne, Fairest of all in that shadow grown; Wondrous the fragrance that sweet and rare Comes from the flower-cups hidden there Under the leaves. Though unseen by our vision dim, Bud and blossom are known to Him; Wait we content for His heavenly ray— Wait till our Master Himself one day Lifts up the leaves. God calls many of His most valued workers from the unknown multitude. [See Luke 14:23.]
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