Isaiah 43:18-19
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
My mother-in-law got me hooked on a tv show called Blue Bloods. On an episode I watched last night, a young character felt guilty for not sticky up for her friend at school. She was beating herself up with the guilt. During a conversation about it with her uncle he asked, “Do you know what your grandpa would Say?” She replied with ideas like “He would tell me how disappointed he would be in me.” He looked in her eyes and said, “He would say, what is important is what you do next.” I think we could also use that advice from grandpa and Isaiah. They were wise men!
Isaiah was saying the exact same thing in today’s scripture. Your past is just that, your past. What is important is what you do next. You see God is working on you. He is teaching you and guiding you down a new path. All you have to do is follow. Yes, you will probably deviate a few times, but what you do next is more important. Do you make your own path? Do you fall in a pit and stay where you are? Perhaps, you look up and find that Star of David that will lead you back to the way through the wilderness. The choice is all yours. The important question today is what will YOU do next?
Lord, I fall off the path, but You are always there to lead me back. Thank you for grace. ~amen
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