No Time Like the Present

Everyone has a past. Some have a boring, seemingly inconsequential past while others have a more wild, unrighteous past. I don't know how you feel about your past but for many it is a stumbling block.

Here's what the devil does with the past...he convinces you that what you used to be, you will always be. He convinces you that people know, that people will talk, that you are a hypocrite for even thinking about living a godly life. How stupid. And the really crazy thing about people who struggle to get over their past is that most of them are not doing what they used to do in the past...they've stopped. Those saying that they are still a slave to the sins of their past and use that as justification or just an explanation for continued sin are not struggling with their past...that is called a struggle in the present. Here's a brief history lesson...your past is what you used to do...your present is what you are doing. Revelatory, I know.

Here's who should walk without condemnation...those that have a PAST. Romans 8:1 says, "There is therefore no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, WHO DO NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT."

If you are struggling with certain sins in the present, there is no time like the present to make the present your past. Simply put...STOP IT. Stop feeding the flesh and start killing it. Romans 6:12 says it this way, "Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey its lusts." The fastest way to convince the devil and yourself that you don't struggle with your past is to keep it in your past. Walk daily in freedom.

And for those that frown upon the mistakes of peoples' past, don't forget, we all need forgiveness. There is none righteous without Christ, not one. My most embarassing sins of the past remind me of what I am capable of when I choose not to walk with the Lord, when on my own.

It isn't just that everyone needs forgiveness...it's that I need forgiveness.

Let go of it. For good.