Security

Yesterday

Eccelesiastes 3:15

‘Whatever has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

It’s the end of the year, and for most of us its very likely that we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future, and yet anxiety is apt to arise when we remember our yesterdays. Our present enjoyment of God’s grace tends to be lessened by the memory of yesterday’s flaws and blunders. But God is a God of yesterdays, and He allows the memory of them to turn the past into a ministry of spiritual growth for our future. God reminds us of the past to protect us from a very shallow security in the present.

Tomorrow

‘The Lord will go before you.’ A very gracious revelation- that God will send His forces out where we have failed to do so. He will keep watched so that we will not trip again by the same failures, as would undoubtedly happen if He were not our ‘rear guard.’ God’s hand reaches back to the past, settling all claims against our conscience.

Today

Isaiah 52:12

‘But you will not leave in haste, or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.’

So as we go forth into the coming year, let it not be in the haste of impetuous, forgetful delight, nor with the quickness of impulsive thoughtlessness. But let us go with the patient power of knowing that the God of Israel will go before us. Our yesterdays hold broken and irreversible things for us. No doubt we have lost opportunities that will never return, but God, God can transform these anxiety into constructive thoughtfulness for the future.

Let the past rest, but let it rest in the sweet embrace of Christ.

Leave the broken, irreversible past in His hands, and step out into the invincible future with Him.

Have a blessed New Year my friends =) Romans 15:13 ‘May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.’

Love, Carmen Lai