I want to share something with you about a problem that bothers me from time to time. I have a problem with looking back in my past. I’m not talking about looking back seeing where I came from to where I am now seeing the progress I’ve made. I have a problem with looking back at old jobs, that one I liked a whole lot better than the one I have now. Several times a week I would tell anybody who would listen about how great that job was. I was talking about it but wasn’t reaping any benefits from it. Now I’m finally realizing with the help of some good advice that everything is part of God’s plan. Me grieving the loss of that job wasn’t helping anything at all. Before I go any farther I want to direct you to the story of Moses leading the children of Israel out of Egypt to the promised land in Canaan. Many of you have heard this preached, learned it in Sunday school, seen the movie or just simply read the books of Exodus or Numbers in the Bible. To give you a very short recap, the people of Israel groaned about their captivity in Egypt. So God chose Moses to lead them from Egypt to the promised land. You know how you get excited about taking on something new until you actually get into it. That’s what the people of Israel did. They didn’t realize that moving from one place to another has its good and bad points, In this journey they didn’t have the things they were use to in Egypt so they started complaining not thinking of all the good things they would have in the promised land. The most important thing in this transition stage they needed to remember was that God was with them. To sum it up this 11 day trip took 40 years because of the complaining and none of the original adults made it to the promised land. Only Joshua, Caleb and the young children. This thing really touched me. I know God is with me and now I got to realize I’m only in transit.
Friends I know a lot of you have some disappointments in your lives. I want to let you know this is only a journey to your promised land. But you’re only in transit if you want to be. You can choose to settle with good enough or you can go on to get what God has for you. Psalm 23:1 & 2 says, “The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters.” So the Lord let us settle in a good peaceful place, a place of satisfaction. There is one thing I want to point out. Don’t measure your life according to someone else’s because in some cases your transition stage may be someone else’s promised land or the other way around.
Please don’t settle in your life at a point that is not suitable for settling and stop looking back in your past at what you could have had or been. Forget old boyfriends, old girlfriends, old jobs, missed opportunities, and so on. Its only slowing you down. If nothing positive is connected to it leave it alone. The apostle Paul speaks on this in Philippians 3:13. He says, “Brothers 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.”
Remember on this journey God has to be with you 100% to have any real sanity. So if you haven’t received Jesus as your Savior, please do. Say it out loud, I’M ONLY IN TRANSIT.
If you are not saved you don’t have access to God’s promises. If you want Jesus to come into your life so you can, please pray this prayer right now: Father in the name of Jesus Christ, I come unto you, just as I am. I am a sinner Lord. I have sinned against You and against heaven. I ask You, Lord Jesus, to forgive me and come into my heart and save my soul. Let me be born again by the Spirit of the living God. I give my life to You, Lord Jesus. I do believe that You are the Son of God. I believe that You are Jesus Christ who was sent to save my soul. I give You thanks, praise and honor by redeeming me by Your precious blood.
Now start reading your Bible and start attending church regularly and let the Holy Spirit guide you.

Prayer

Father God we thank You for being God and God alone. Master and Creator. Forgive us for complaining so much. We make it so much harder on ourselves when we do. Right now at this very minute I believe that You are with us and all things happen for a reason. So we’re going to stop complaining so much and realize we’re only in transit to our promised land. In Jesus name we pray. AMEN

God Bless