“Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old
history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is!
I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.”
--Isaiah 43:18-19
My final Facebook post of 2017
declared, “Leaving some things and people in 2017.” How ironic that I was unable to load my
memory on the first day of the New Year.
After repeated tries and no success of being able to re-share, I started
to become frustrated. Then the Lord
spoke to me and said, ‘why are you going back?’
Only hours into my 2018 declaration and I had already slipped!
Although it is sometimes beneficial to
reflect on the past, it is not beneficial to dwell there. You can’t change one single thing that has
already happened, but you can learn from it.
When you drive, you don’t use your small rearview mirror to get where
you’re going. You look ahead in the
large window, equipped with a defroster and windshield wipers to remove any obstacles
that would keep you from seeing clearly to get where you’re going. So as you enter this New Year, look ahead to
the new thing. He’s going to make a way
for you through what seems impossible (a
road through the desert, rivers in the badlands). Be alert and present to what God has planned
for your New Year. It is greater than
before!
Margaret Slaughter
