Develop The Vision To Move Forward

Philippians 3:13-14 NIV - 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 toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Are you ready to move forward with your life?

For many good people, 2021 wasn't a great year. It was a year of darkness, a nighttime season. A year of weeping. A year of struggle and uncertainty. Can I suggest something prophetically to you.

Your best days are ahead. They are in front of you. The scriptures say weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Morning starts at 12 AM, when things are still dark. But it's actually a new day. And slowly and then suddenly the sun starts to shine over your life.

The Son of God is shining over your life this very moment! It's a new day!

These two biblical promises are prophecy over your future. Will you receive them by faith?

Isaiah 42:8-9, 16 NIV - “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.”

Verse 16 - I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.

- God is declaring new things in your life

- He is announcing them to you now, before you can see them

- He has a new path for you

- Your darkness will turn into light

- This is what God promises to do for you

But here's what you need to do. Put 2021 behind you. It's in the past.

Quit thinking about what you've just gone through. To move forward, you've got to quit looking backwards. Your future's not in the past, so quit looking there.

Think about the size difference of your car's windshield and the rear view mirror. The proportions are by design. The windshield offers a huge view into what's in front of you, your future. Your rear view mirror is tiny in comparison. Can you imagine if they were reversed, it would be almost impossible to navigate forward.

Same thing with life. Whatever you just went through in 2021, that's the past. Let's leave it there. Focus on your future.

If you were looking for a new job and 2021 was filled with disappointments, that's in the past. Time to start fresh.

If your business has been in a slump and everything you've tried hasn't worked, that's in the past, put it behind you.

Philippians 3:13-14 NIV - 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 toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

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.

- Forget the former things, what is behind you

- Don't dwell on the past

- God is doing a new thing

- He's making a way in the wilderness

- Press forward towards the goal

Now is the time to think big. To stretch your dreams. (Isaiah 54:2-4)

This is your new season. Will you step into it by faith? This is your reset. Believe it. Take it by faith. Begin declaring it over your life. Your future is literally right now!

-Gerald