Your Past Was Never Made To Past
Scripture: Acts 10: 13-15
Have you ever known someone who was well-off but because of the way you remember them, your view is distorted? Or perhaps you are so used to a certain way that change would be unthinkable? In this passage of scripture, Peter had a vision of a great sheet descending on him and the earth. And in this sheet were animals of all kinds. A voice told him to kill the animals and eat of them. But because of the way Peter had been accustomed to, He didn't want to eat anything common or unclean. That's how we get sometimes. We get accustomed to our surrounding, we stay put in our "comfort zone" because we think that's where God has placed us. But the minute He says move, we question or we make a comment. And its good that we want to make sure its in God's will; however, when something looks common, God can make it uncommon or out of the ordinary. What we believe to be dirty, God has cleansed it. There could be people around you that won't give you the satisfaction of receiving salvation. Why? Because they remember when you were on the street, or they remember the people you hung out with. But "what God has cleansed" they can't call common. You have to rise and let them know that "your past was never made to last." We have all made mistakes, but when we accept Christ, we are to become clean....new creatures. Never think that because you had a horrible past that God can't cleanse you. Man would look at you and say that you are common or unclean. But aren't you glad that you serve a God that isn't like man? Or maybe you're dealing with yourself; you can't forgive yourself for your past. But if God can forgive you, surely you can forgive yourself. The bible said, "Rise...kill and eat." GET UP!! Walk into the newness of being a child of God. If God has called you to minister in the very areas he has delivered you from, don't look at that area as unclean. God can take anything and clean it. Look at what His Son did for you. Jesus could have easily said, "But Daddy, those people are sinful, common, unclean..." NO, God saw that through His Son we could be cleansed from sin. So remember, your mistakes from your past were never meant to be carried into your future. People may look at you and say, "Well, I never deal with those types of people." But what did the word say? "What God has cleansed, you must not call common."
13 And a voice came to him,
"Rise Peter, kill and eat."
14 But Peter said, "Not so,
Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean."
15 And a voice spoke to him
again the second time, "What God has cleansed you must not call
common."
Have you ever known someone who was well-off but because of the way you remember them, your view is distorted? Or perhaps you are so used to a certain way that change would be unthinkable? In this passage of scripture, Peter had a vision of a great sheet descending on him and the earth. And in this sheet were animals of all kinds. A voice told him to kill the animals and eat of them. But because of the way Peter had been accustomed to, He didn't want to eat anything common or unclean. That's how we get sometimes. We get accustomed to our surrounding, we stay put in our "comfort zone" because we think that's where God has placed us. But the minute He says move, we question or we make a comment. And its good that we want to make sure its in God's will; however, when something looks common, God can make it uncommon or out of the ordinary. What we believe to be dirty, God has cleansed it. There could be people around you that won't give you the satisfaction of receiving salvation. Why? Because they remember when you were on the street, or they remember the people you hung out with. But "what God has cleansed" they can't call common. You have to rise and let them know that "your past was never made to last." We have all made mistakes, but when we accept Christ, we are to become clean....new creatures. Never think that because you had a horrible past that God can't cleanse you. Man would look at you and say that you are common or unclean. But aren't you glad that you serve a God that isn't like man? Or maybe you're dealing with yourself; you can't forgive yourself for your past. But if God can forgive you, surely you can forgive yourself. The bible said, "Rise...kill and eat." GET UP!! Walk into the newness of being a child of God. If God has called you to minister in the very areas he has delivered you from, don't look at that area as unclean. God can take anything and clean it. Look at what His Son did for you. Jesus could have easily said, "But Daddy, those people are sinful, common, unclean..." NO, God saw that through His Son we could be cleansed from sin. So remember, your mistakes from your past were never meant to be carried into your future. People may look at you and say, "Well, I never deal with those types of people." But what did the word say? "What God has cleansed, you must not call common."
If your past was meant to last, your present wouldn't have a future. -C Renee'Now unto Him,
posted by Crystal Renee' @ 9:04 AM
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