“The righteous keep moving
forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.” Job 17:9 NLT
God has been telling people to go
forward for a long time. He told Adam
and Eve to go forward, have dominion and replenish the earth (Genesis 1:
27-28). Noah walked with God, and God
told him to build an ark. “Thus Noah did, according to all that God
commanded him, so he did” (Genesis 6:22).
Abram was instructed by God to go forward and to leave his county
(Genesis 12: 1-4). Has the Lord been
telling you to go forward?
Going forward will impact lives
that may be more far reaching than you have ever dreamed. A friend’s husband died five years ago; she
had the choice of keeping their small business operating, or closing it. Although she had helped run the business, her
husband was the dynamic of its operation.
After prayer and much soul searching, she decided to keep the business
operating. She told me that the main
reason she decided to keep going forward was because 18 families depended on
the income from the business. Not only
has she kept the business operating, but she has been able to give raises and
bonuses to all of her employees.
Because Joshua, Moses’ assistant, went
forward the Israeli people were able to cross over the Jordan River and to
enter the Promised Land. He said, “Every place that the sole of your foot will
tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses” (Joshua 1:3).
You have a choice to stay where you
are or go forward. Naaman, a commander
of the army of the king of Syria, followed the instructions of Elisha, the
prophet, and was healed of leprosy (2 Kings 5:1-14). I want to encourage you to choose to go
forward with whatever the Lord has put in your heart to do. Although it may seem impossible, or it may
seem out-of-the ordinary, all things are possible with God.
“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 desert and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV)
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV)
Don’t be afraid to keep moving on,
For what was before, now has gone,
God wants to accomplish so much more,
But we need to move forward in the Lord.
© By M.S. Lowndes, Based on Isaiah 43:18-19
For what was before, now has gone,
God wants to accomplish so much more,
But we need to move forward in the Lord.
© By M.S. Lowndes, Based on Isaiah 43:18-19
Prayer—Father I ask you to help me to keep going forward, in Jesus Name.
Amen.
