I can’t undo the past, but the past can undo me. What do I mean by that? Constantly looking back at all the things I did wrong in life, how I hurt people, how others injured me, the things I missed, and wishing for the could’ve, should’ve, and if only, makes me cringe and leaves me with feelings of deep regret. It can freeze me into inaction in the present, traps me as a victim, leads me into unforgiveness for myself and others, and makes me miss the blessings in the now and God’s purpose for me in the future.
God has used flawed human beings for his purposes throughout history. We only have to look in the Bible to see a plethora of sinful people used mightily by the Lord. Moses killed a man. David committed adultery then had the husband killed. Peter denied Jesus after his arrest, and Paul persecuted the Christians. God wants to use us and we only need to do what Paul writes of in Philippians. We press on towards our heavenly home.
Philippians 3:13-14 “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus.”