LUKE 9:62 BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY

This next Bible Verse for the Day is another one that many Christians need to get worked out with the Lord if they are violating it to any significant degree.

I will first give you two good verses on this subject matter, as they both fit perfectly together. Here are the two good verses, and then I will point out a few things to really key in on:

1. But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62)

2. “Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:12)

When Jesus is telling us that anyone who keeps looking back on their past is not fit for His kingdom, I believe He is telling us that we have to learn how to let the past fully go, no matter how bad our personal past may have been. And the 2nd verse from Paul perfectly confirms this when he tells us that he literally forgets those things which are now behind him, as he now wants to concentrate on pressing forward into the things that now lie ahead of him.

As we have said over and over, we firmly believe that God has a set divine purpose and plan for each person’s life. But many Christians never fulfill all of their divine destiny for the Lord because they could never get over and unbound from all the hurts and injustices of their past. They keep wailing in the misery of their past, and as a result, they cannot keep their eyes forward to concentrate on the present and the future like what Jesus and Paul are telling us to do in these two verses.

If any of you are having a hard time in breaking away from your bad past, we believe God will work with you to help you get a grip on what had occurred to you. He will want you to forgive all of the people who have hurt you. The Holy Spirit will also work with you in healing up any wounds that will need to be healed so the pain and trauma of these wounds do not prevent you from properly functioning in your present.

But after God has taken you back in memory lane for a certain length of time, the time will come where He will then want you to let the past go so you can get back into living in your present again. You cannot properly concentrate and focus on your present with what God will be wanting you to do for Him on a daily basis if you are always looking back and living in your past.

When Jesus says you will not be “fit” for His kingdom if you keep looking back on your past – these are some extremely words being used by Him and we as Christians need to get a grip on this if our past is holding us captive in any way.

Again, we already have another article in our main site just on this one topic if you would like to see some more good commentary on this issue. Here is the title link to the article we have in our main site:

“Letting Go Your Past”

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