Pastor preached on mirages last night. A mirage is something you never reach or get to. It always stays just out of reach. The past is kind of like a mirage, but not quite. The past can be a fantasy, but it recedes out of sight as we grow older. Social media is filled with people asking us to remember.
I choose not to live in the past. What happened happened. I got where I am by way of things that happened in the past. For me, memories are rarely sweet. Memories remind me of a world that is gone, or of people no longer there. For me, life is about moving forward. Life is focused on what is ahead, not what is behind.
The promise of God is to make all things new, not to take us back where we used to be. He promises to take us where we have never been before. To give us a future that is better than the past.
Of course, we do not have to re-invent the wheel every day. And we do not throw the baby out with the bath water. We value things we have learned and we cherish truth we have gained. We contend for the faith once and for all delivered to the saints.
One final thought. Preaching that expounds on Bible stories or Bible characters gets boring. Preaching must take ancient truths and well-worn tales and make them relevant to the world we now live in.
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