Counsel #2 — Leave The Past

Picture: Counsel #2 — Leave The PastCSL 60.1

Believe that God has forgiven you and don’t let your past mistakes define you or rob you of the peace God longs to give.^{[59]https://adventistreview.org/voices/2101-70/} If someone has wronged you, never avenge yourself; wait for God to avenge you (see Romans 12:17-21).CSL 60.2

“I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13, 14 NKJVCSL 60.3

“A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding, peaceful trust. Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your weakness is united to His strength, your ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might. So you are not to look to yourself, not to let the mind dwell upon self, but look to Christ. Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon the beauty, the perfection, of His character.” Ellen White in Steps to Christ, p. 70CSL 60.4

Reflect: Do you sometimes rob yourself of joy and peace by picking guilt back up about sins Jesus already forgave?CSL 60.5