“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God.”~ Heb.6:1
In this article I’d like to dwell on the practical application of our text rather than its interpretation. If it teaches anything, it teaches the power of the pull of the past. Not only sin attempts to drag us back, but good things. But just because some things God blessed and used at a particular time in our lives, is no reason to hold to them for all time.
The past is the ball and chain that keeps most, if not all of us, from moving on to greater heights in our lives. Life is made up of continually letting go. When Moses let go of the thing he was holding to, it was then God began to transform things. We become the man or woman we would never have dreamed possible.
One of my very favorite sayings of Oswald Chambers is, “Beware of paying attention or going back to what you once were, when God wants you to be something that you have never been.”
O, my dear friend, don’t wait till you get to heaven to find out, to your dismay, what you might have been had you let go and let God. The Chinese proverb says, “A thousand mile journey was started with one step.” Will you step out right now—by faith?
There are new horizons awaiting you if you do!
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