12/10/17 "No Looking Back...No Going Back"

12/10/17

5 Minutes of Focus
"No Looking Back..No Going Back"

In Genesis 32 Jacob wrestles with an angel of the LORD and is left with a limp as a reminder.

Sometimes, God will leave you with a painful reminder of what you came out of, so that you won't forget and go back.

SOMEBODY: God doesn't want you rushing back into that relationship; forgetting the way, they treated you previously.

SOMEBODY else: God doesn't want you associating with that  certain person...Don't you remember, the damage being associated with them did to your reputation?

And so you limp....Somewhere in your life is a fresh reminder of what they did to you and how you felt (at the particular time).

You think, It's a coincidence that every time their name comes up...You remember....

You think, It's the devil tormenting your mind with the memory of that....But what if it's God?

Jacob wrestled, Jacob fought all night long....It cost him too much, to become Israel to just lose it all, still trying to be Jacob and hang with the people "his former self" used to hang with....So, God deliberately left him with a painful limp.

The limp says: No Looking Back.
Like Lot's wife you can't afford to look back and be changed. Gen 19:26

You can't afford to go back and be the person you used to be....To whom much is given, much is required.
God sacrificed much for you, the least you could do is ACCEPT THE LIMP AND STOP COMPLAINING....The pain has a purpose.

John 3:16 Luke 12:48

Focus Points:

The pain has a purpose.

No Looking Back....No Going Back.

You are no longer Jacob, but Israel.

God is a Father 1st above else, and  he does not want to see you, his Son, his Daughter revert back into a bad relationship, into bad associations because you have FORGOTTEN and it  just seems so easy to do right now.

Forgive, but it's not always WISE to forget.

Bad company corrupts good character.
1 Corin 15:33 NIV

Limp!!!

Until Next Sunday.
LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy