[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Do not look back

Read: Genesis 19:1-29 

Meditation verse: 

“But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt” (Genesis  19:26).

As the curtains slowly close over this year and we get set to enter the new year,  what is your state of mind? Gratitude, peace and serenity or confusion,  frustration, and regret? What posture are you currently adopting? If you feel  grateful, you will be looking up to God with praise and thanksgiving in your  heart. If you feel confused and frustrated, you will be looking around you,  searching for answers to why this happened or why that did not happen. If you  feel regretful, you will be looking back in regret, dissatisfaction, or longing. 

In today’s reading, God had decided to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. He sent  two angels to warn Lot to flee with his family. The instruction was “escape for  your life, do not look behind you”. But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became  a pillar of salt. Looking back is dangerous; it stalls your movement, hinders your  progress, and keeps you rooted in the same spot. When you keep looking back,  you are identifying with what is behind including your mistakes, fear, errors, and  all. Stop looking back at what should or should not have been, what is ahead of  you is more important. The past is gone, quit reliving it and get excited about  the prospects of the forth coming new year. You cannot open a new chapter of  your life if you keep reading the previous one.  

As this year rolls to an end and we get set to enter the new year, what posture  should you adopt? Look up to God in gratitude, faith, and anticipation. Jeremiah  29:11 says, “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”. Psalm 121:1-3 states, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help? My  help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your  foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber”. These are God’s  promises over your life. So, get excited about the forth coming new year.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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