Look Forward

“Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.” Proverbs 4:25 When we’re on the road to recovery, we can often feel anxious about our steps. We want to move forward, we want to improve and we want to distance ourselves from pain. So, we choose lots of different paths, including disorders, addictions, compulsions and a wide array of less than healthy choices. And, by doing so, we can lose sight of where we’re going all too quickly. And forget about that infamous lil’ bugger called our pasts! It’s even more difficult and painful to move forward if we’re always looking over our shoulders, tormented by haunting past situations.

But it is not hopeless for any of us. We are not left to fend for ourselves; God is always there, always leading and guiding: “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, whenever you turn to the right hand, and whenever turn to the left.’” Isaiah 30:21 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go: I will guide you with My eye.” Psalm 32:8 And there’s always renewal, in spite of our histories: “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4:16 Do we see it though? Well, are we looking for it? The past is in the past; it’s never too much for God to handle. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 Regardless of how terrible things were for you way back when, even if it was as recent as a few minutes ago, dare to see God at work, creating something incredible and hopeful in your life NOW!!! “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 We are going from glory to glory! Keep looking to God when you look ahead! Your greatness and future are not limited by what has been; rather, they are both in the Hands of the most high God Who will do beyond what you could ever believe or dream for. “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” Ephesians 3:20 So, look, look ahead today!!!