Let's Get a Move On-(1 0f 2)
“Let Us Go On…Ye have compassed this mountain long enough…”~ Heb. 6:1; Deut. 2:3
The writer of Hebrews spoke these words to newly converted Jewish believers, who were, as they say today, “hanging out” around the old things in their lives. How many of us are like them?
We need to heed Oswald Chambers’ wise counsel, “Beware of paying attention or going back to what you once were, when God wants you to be something that you have never been.” Especially this is true of those deep-souled hurts!
There’s a host of things we need to get a move on and leave behind us. To mention just a few: family problems; failures in our Christian life; health problems; financial setbacks; unreached goals; shameful sins committed; misunderstanding with a friend; etc. Things that cannot usually be undone.
These, with many others, are what chains one to their past, keeping them from moving forward to some great things God has in store for them. No one ever moved on who stood still!
It says of Peter when imprisoned that the angel of the Lord told him to get up, get a move on, and follow him. When he did, we’re told, “the chains fell off.” And so will ours my beloved.
“Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray,
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.”
by an Old Disciple