After his small sailboat sank in the Atlantic, Steve Callahan spent 76 days in a five-foot inflatable raft, drifting 1800 miles before his rescue.
If you can imagine being in a small boat 1000 miles from any land, in any direction, and not even be in a shipping lane of any kind, adrift. No hope of being rescued. I wonder at the helplessness of that feeling.
I wonder if we are not in just such a place with our sea of past memories. We seem not to be able to shake our past experiences. Our disappointments, shortcomings and failures. The sharks of mistakes, people we’ve hurt, wrong turns in our life directions, wrong decisions, misdeeds, are circling our boat continually. The sea of past memory will devour all our life if we are not careful.
The right things to remember are those experiences that bring a smile to our face. Our children, the people we love, the people who love us. Especially, and specifically, the love God has shown us on many occasions. It is most profitable to rehearse the times God has intervened in our lives by answering our many prayers. How about times when God gave us blessing we didn’t ask for?
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Phil 4:88 KJV
Paul would have been unable to function as an apostle of Jesus Christ if he had dwelled on his past. He understood that and so should we.
Jesus is ready to rescue us from our sea of past failures. He wants to bring us to the land of TRUTH so that we may walk the shores of good memories with HIM! Don’t forget, Jesus doesn’t live today in our past. His rescue ship is sailing by, right now! Are you ready to be rescued?
Just a thought.
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