Remembering Not to Forget
William Wyne
Deuteronomy 5:3-15
It's ironic how we often forget the things worth remembering, but we remember the things worth forgetting.
Sometimes we actually survive more spiritually and personally by learning not to forge. We grow, we mature, and we become deeper in faith, and rooted in relationships with God, ourselves, and others, and healed from our hurts by learning the ministry and art of forgetting.
There are some things we just need forget about, because if we do not, they become permanent residents of our living experiences and not occasional visitors. They become like a living disease that we keep feeding, and therefore we get no better!
There are something's we really should remember to forget, and yet there are some things that we should forget to remember.
Perhaps we need to be clear about this idea and this word forgetting as it relates to the believer's walk and way of life. We do have a biblical passage that could serve as a template to teach and test this meaning of the word forgetting.
The Apostle Paul in Philippians 3:13-14 writes:
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining forward toward what is ahead. (NIV)....I press toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward...
No dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. (NLT) I press to reach the end.....
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto things which are before (KJV). I press toward the mark..........
Again, perhaps we need to have clarity on this concept of forgetting and how it relates to remembering in the walk of faith.
What was Paul's intention or meaning when he says forgetting that which was behind him?
In verses 5 ...
William Wyne
Deuteronomy 5:3-15
It's ironic how we often forget the things worth remembering, but we remember the things worth forgetting.
Sometimes we actually survive more spiritually and personally by learning not to forge. We grow, we mature, and we become deeper in faith, and rooted in relationships with God, ourselves, and others, and healed from our hurts by learning the ministry and art of forgetting.
There are some things we just need forget about, because if we do not, they become permanent residents of our living experiences and not occasional visitors. They become like a living disease that we keep feeding, and therefore we get no better!
There are something's we really should remember to forget, and yet there are some things that we should forget to remember.
Perhaps we need to be clear about this idea and this word forgetting as it relates to the believer's walk and way of life. We do have a biblical passage that could serve as a template to teach and test this meaning of the word forgetting.
The Apostle Paul in Philippians 3:13-14 writes:
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining forward toward what is ahead. (NIV)....I press toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward...
No dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. (NLT) I press to reach the end.....
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto things which are before (KJV). I press toward the mark..........
Again, perhaps we need to have clarity on this concept of forgetting and how it relates to remembering in the walk of faith.
What was Paul's intention or meaning when he says forgetting that which was behind him?
In verses 5 ...
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