Don’t Go Back

You made a decisive move to do what you needed to do for your life – doubt and reservations begin to kick-in and you start to believe that maybe you were too impulsive…NOT, trust the truth within, don’t look back, keep it moving.

Deuteronomy 28:13(NLT) “If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.”

Jesus Christ said in John 10:10(NKJV), “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”  The first thing Jesus does is tell us about the thief. Who is the thief? The thief is the devil, and not only is he a thief, he is a liar too. Stealing, killing, and destroying is the devil’s game. One of the reasons that the devil is so treacherous is because most of us don’t recognize his tricks. The most precious things we own are stolen right from under our noses because we don’t know who the thief is, we don’t know how he operates, and we don’t know how to protect ourselves from getting tricked and robbed. 

2Corinithians 4:4(NLT) tells us, “Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.” Here in this verse, Heavenly Father shows us one of the devil’s tricks. It is to blind a person’s mind, so they are not able to see the glorious light of the Good News of Jesus Christ. Jesus tells us in John 10:10 that he came to the earth to make a more than abundant life available to us. This is the kind of life that God wants for all of His children, and we ought to want it for ourselves as well. 

The light is always and forever front and center, beaming brightly, but because we don’t see the truth of who God has made us, the devil gets away with blindfolding us; and he uses people to do it. Whether it is the abuser, the spouse or significant person who doesn’t treat us well, or a person who doesn’t want us to reach our full potential; these are individuals that constantly try to keep the wool pulled over our eyes. We must wake up and see it for what it is. 

Know that every decision you make to walk in your truest, highest self in Christ, is a move towards the light. We were created by God to be free, to walk in the liberty of His Son. Galatians 5:1(MSG) tells us, “Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.” Many of us have taken mistreatment and abuse a long time, and then we make a courageous step to trust God and free ourselves from the harness of slavery. But often, we travel down the road of second thoughts and second guessing. We make the mistake of listening to the wrong people—people that the devil uses to blindfold our faith. 

Whatever it is you’re facing today, at this very moment, don’t let emotions and feelings of fear keep you in the dark. God is backing you. He told His people, the Children of Israel, in Deuteronomy 31:6(NLT), “So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the LORD your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.” God does not change. He is the same today as He was back then. His promise of protection, refuge, and care applies to us living today. 

Refuse to go back. God didn’t bring you this far to leave you. Like many women who have been in toxic or abusive situations, your gut instinct takes a back seat to what your emotions tell you, “Stay. You can handle it. It’ll get better.” Yes, sometimes it does get better…but in most cases, it doesn’t stay that way. God offers us a better way. He tells us in Deuteronomy 28:13 to listen to HIS commands, not what others may tell us or what we might tell ourselves. We are the head and not the tail. He drills it home by telling us we are above and not beneath. Trust God’s Word more than you trust your emotions. 

God has done so much for you. It is because of His grace that you are here today. Don’t look back. Keep looking ahead to the great future God has promised you. Keep moving ahead until you reach the victory He has promised. He will not fail you when you trust Him with all your heart.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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“Don’t Go Back”, written by Kim for https://rescuefromdomesticviolence.blogspot.com© 2019. All rights reserved. All praise and honor to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.