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Certainties and uncertainties
3 Reasons You Shouldn’t Look Back No Matter What’s Left Behind
It’s impossible to be in two places at the same time
1. Looking Back Provides a False Sense of Security
Change always brings with it a sense of challenge, uncertainty, and unknown, but looking back and dwelling on the past provides a sense of safety and security, even when what you are looking back on is toxic and dangerous.
The Israelites wanted to be set free from their bondage, but they did not trust God.
When they got out of Egypt, they longed to go back for the false sense of security it provided to them. They had food and water back there and now they were starving. All they could think about was what they had (Exodus 16:3).
They couldn’t trust what was ahead of them, even though they cried out to God to save them.
Often we cry out to God to save us from our situations, but truthfully we want to be saved on our own terms. When that doesn’t happen, we are disappointed and tempted to look back.
We’re tempted to go back to bondage.
You may find some comfort in the past because it’s familiar, even though it was…
