Don't Look Back!!

Rudyard Kipling, one of the greatest novelists/writers, once wrote this:

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man

There are only four things certain since Social Progress began:

That the dog returns to his vomit and the sow returns to her mire,

And the burnt fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the fire....

That, along with Proverbs 26:11 and 2 Peter 2:21-22 is my basis for the blog tonight.

As you all know, God only recently changed my life.

I know, I know, there I go again, talking about what God has done for me. But it's the best thing that's ever happened to me and I just can't speak of it enough. No amount of praise and thanksgiving is enough to show God my gratefulness.

Anyway, in very late July, God came to me and completely changed who I am, and what I wanted. He opened my eyes and changed my heart and my desires.

I am a whole different person now because of HIS goodness and HIS grace and mercy. I no longer want to do the things I once did nor do I want to go to the places I used to go to. Nor do I want to be with those people that I used to hang with.

Anyway, tonight, I was talking to someone on the phone and a certain subject was brought up, a past sin that I had committed. A bondage that I was in for a very long time, many years, actually. (Trust me, this seems to the the ONLY sin others remember, lol. Granted, it was a scandal, but it is the only one people remind me of.)

When the person I was talking to brought it up, I was uncomfortable and changed the subject. But when we hung up, guess who was still lingering, trying to bring that thought to my mind once more?

That's right, Satan.

I quickly brought the thoughts into captivity, to the obedience of Christ, as God tells us to do in His Word (2 Corinthians 10:5) and I put them OUT of my mind. When the enemy reminded me of my past, I reminded him of who my Savior has made me to be now, a daughter of God-forgiven and cleaned up.

As I thought about how the enemy will bring to us memories of things that used to have us bound, it made me physically sick to think of the things I once did. I was disgusted by them. I felt ill in my body and then I remembered these verses:

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

Okay, so I don't know about you but even the thought of a dog going back to lick up his puke makes me want to hurl right now. That is extremely disgusting and it must be how God feels when we go back or even look back at what He has brought us out of.

So then, let's say a farmer took a sow out of the mud she was in and he lovingly bathed her and washed her clean, maybe even sprinkled some good smelling powder on her, And then she chose to go right back and lie down in that mess again and wallow.

Can you imagine how sad the farmer would be if he'd done all that work to clean her up, just to have her go back?

Think about mud. Mud is dirty and gross.

I remember my grandmother telling me after I grown up that I hated being dirty when I was a little. She said that if my hands got a little dusty, I would cry and have to wash them.

So think about how God cleans us up. He washes us with the blood of His Son, Jesus and makes us clean. Then He puts a sweet aroma on us.

He tells us in Ephesians 5:2, that Christ gave Himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. Revelation 5:8 tells us that the prayers of the saints are in golden bowls full of incense. God loves the aroma of our prayers. So you see, after He cleans us up, we do have a new good smell.

I imagine it grieves the very heart of God to see us return to the dirty, stinky mud that He lovingly brought us out of. It makes me cry as I type to think about how hurt He must be when we look back to the past.

So, it's vital that once we have escaped the filth of the world through Jesus Christ, that we remain in Him, so that we don't become entangled again with the things from which He set us free.

2 Peter 2:21 says, For it would have been better to have not known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the Holy commandment delivered to them. It's imperative to stay clean from the pollution of the world after Christ has cleansed you from sin.

We must NOT go back to the thing or things that God has brought us from. No matter who brings up our past, no matter how much they try to get us to remember how "good' it was. We have to remember that it wasn't "good", it was terrible, it was bondage and it was something that was sending us to a devil's hell. It was so bad that God sent His only Son to die for us so that we could. through Him, have repentance and a chance to escape eternal damnation.

Don't look back! There is nothing in our pasts worth going to hell for. There is nothing back there but heartache and misery. Remember WHY you wanted to be free. It was a horrible life full of heartache being in sin.

DON'T LOOK BACK!!!

Keep looking forward and stay "clean" through the blood of Jesus.

I'm living proof that God can clean up anyone. If He cleaned me up, then anyone can be set free.

I was the woman at the well and I was the woman "caught in the act", but HE saw fit to deliver me from my sins. And I will sing praises to HIm for eternity and I will NEVER look back to the sin from which He set me free, no matter who reminds me of it.

If you are not under the blood of Christ, if you have not come to the knowledge of who He is, if your sins have not been forgiven, then I invite you now to give your heart to Him and let Him change your life. Only HE can do it. You can not do it alone. Trust me. I know what I'm talking about. Just call on the name of Jesus and ask Him to forgive you and help you live this life for Him.

Please feel free to message me or email me and I will help you with prayer. My heart's desire is to see the lost saved, the hurting healed, and the broken made whole.

Much love,

Christy

Daughter of God

Helpful Verses:

2 Peter 2: 21-22; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Revelation 5:8; Ephesians 5:2; Proberbs 26:11