Forgetting the Past

Phil 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: nforgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for othe prize of the upward pcall of God in Christ Jesus.

One of the things that has held me back from accomplishing all the things God wanted for me was me beating myself up over the things I had done in the last hour or the last week or however long it happened to be. I was pouring guilt onto myself because I did not toe the line. This is legalism at its worse. So many of us hold ourselves to legalistic laws that we set based off something someone said or a scripture we took out of context. We need to remember Paul’s words in these verses and forget what’s behind because it’s forgiven and move on towards the goal that is the call of God in Christ Jesus. This has been the single hardest thing for me to grasp in the 15 years I have been a Christian and it was not until just recently that I finally realized what I was doing.

Does this describe you too? If so remember, Christ forgives as soon as you repent, no exceptions. If you continue in the legalism of beating yourself up for not getting it right then you are holding yourself accountable to the law and putting Christ’s death into a done for nothing category. It’s time to let it all go and to understand your forgiven and that God knows all about YOU and all you have done which is why He sent HIS Son to die on a cross for you. Again, forget the past and get back to running the race.