Be A Tomorrow Thinker

Be A Tomorrow Thinker “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.” Isaiah 43:18 Are you a tomorrow thinker, or do you dwell in the past? I believe Jesus was a tomorrow thinker as when He met the Samaritan woman at the well, He barely mentioned that she had been married five times. He pointed her to her future. He said that he would give her water and she would never thirst again. Another example of tomorrow thinking concerns the woman caught in the act of adultery. Jesus never discussed her sin, but simply said unto her, “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.” John 8:11. So often people get caught up in the past and dwell on past hurts, disappointments and situations that they have gone through and cannot plan for their futures. I realize that it is difficult to release the past hurts from our memories, but when we are unable to do so, we are not really able to focus on our futures the way we should. We must let go of our past and get on with our lives, as there is nothing we can do to change things that happened in the past, instead we have to plan for what lies ahead. Satan wants us to be constantly reminded of the past, as it brings us down and keeps reminding us of the failures, hurts and disappointments, and keeps us in the frame of mind where we are vulnerable to his attacks. Jesus is not concerned about your past, as when you are reborn and have accepted Jesus in your heart, the past is forgotten and you will start anew. We need to stop taking journeys into our past and start living for our tomorrows. We need to thank Jesus for giving us a new beginning, and pointing us to our future successes. We need to thank Him for wiping our hearts clean and giving us a chance for a better future. We can now move forward and not keep dwelling on what happened in the past, but focus on what is to come tomorrow. My Daily Devotional Volume III May 21 Robert William Brock, Jr.