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Freedom From the Past

by Rick King 
02/27/19
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Freedom From the Past

By: Rick L. King

February 27, 2019

Philippians 3:

13  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

14  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Have you ever desired to go deeper in God and find out more? Well this is one of the hindrances that people face. Forgetting those things which are behind. Sometimes we find our self living in the past. The Word says that:

2Co 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold,all things are become new.

God desires to make all things new in your life but he can't as long as there is still the old. Think of it this way. You have a kitchen cabinet full of groceries. Some have been there for years. They are often out dated and really not safe to use anymore. You can go shopping and get all the new food but you find when you get home that there is no place to put it. The cabinet is full of the old. That is the way we are. We must get rid of the old if ALL things are to become new. There is no place to put the new when the old is taking up space in our heart and mind.

Also, we may have had a past relationship or experience that was really great but it no longer exists. We like to remember it as it was so great. The problem comes that we cannot live in the past if we are to go into the future. The Holy Spirit revealed to me that when we hold on to the past it is like we are dragging a corpse behind us. It once had life in it but it is now dead. Instead of burying it and going forward we are stuck in trying to resurrect the corpse. This is not going to happen. We must learn to bury the past and forget those things which are behind if we are going to go deeper in the Lord and realize the new that He has ordained for each of us.

If you are truly serious and desire the past to be buried and want to go forward in Jesus and discover all the new that He has just for you, then surrender to the Lord and ask him to deliver you from all the past. The Lord desires for you to not be weighted down with things that actually allow a spirit of death to attack you as you are holding on to things that are dead and gone. Jesus came that you might have life, not death. Be serious with the Lord and he will help you to be set free. It may not happen overnight but if you keep seeking freedom you will find it in God's way and time.

Father, in Jesus name, I pray that you would deliver this person from the things of the past and heal their memories so that they may go forward and deeper in you and realize all the new things that you have just for them. I thank you ahead of time for helping your people get a new freedom in you and your precious Holy Spirit. In Jesus Name. Amen.