There is a looking back that's negative and there's a looking back that's positive.Paul the apostle touches on the negative,in Philippians 3 v 13, he writes ,'But one thing I do forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is a head'. This sort of looking back entails that which hinders one moving forward, a refusal to go forward,we dwell on what worked yesterday,and it is obvious it is not working.The sad is they don't give new things a chance.I know God gives us words in relation to the church,but the evidence that it is from God means a fulfillment of that promise,if it doesn't happen then we have to accept that and move on.That can hold back the church from moving forward,and it can can cause individuals from moving on also.(Deuteronomy 18 v 22) It is worth considering that the negative reasons for a church and individuals that stop us moving forward.What about the positives aspects of looking back?Michael Wilcock say's the following,'Bible people would be nonplussed by our curious modern preoccupation with the future,or rather by the notion that we need to find out somehow what the future holds, and we do so by turning our backs on the past.He goes to point out that by looking back ,'we find God is always active and always consistent.' What He done in the past He can do today,.leading,protecting,and providing, you get the picture.That God always keeps His word,he cannot lie,He did not forsake Israel of old ,so He will not forsake us the New Covenant Israel..What God did in the past He can do in the future,MW further says,'That is a considerably more reliable forecast,be it said, than any we are likely to find in our news - papers from astrologers, meteorologists, or politicians!.
' Ebenezer'
'1 Samuel 7 v12'
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