New Word

No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
Philippians 3:13-14 NLT

Are you aware that there were over 1,000 new words added annually to the Oxford dictionary? Even more surprising to me is this. According to Angus Stevenson of Oxford's online blog, "Each month, we add about 150 million words to our corpus database of English usage examples collected from sources around the world." They track usage and verify emerging words from that database. 

Okay, so you may not be interested in that little tidbit, but I find it very interesting that it only takes ONE word - one single word - from God to change a life forever. Are you ready for a life-changing word? Something new from God just for you?

Then you MUST do as Paul - focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. Oh, I can hear some of you now - "You don't know what I've done." No, I don't - but the Apostle Paul murdered Christians before his Damascus Road experience. Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. "You don't know what he/she/they did to me." No, I don't, but I know what they did to Christ. Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead...

If you want new, you have to forget about the past; forget about yesterday. Let go of all of it. You have today. Wait for the Lord. He's got your new word, and He will add to it.

Prayer:

Father,
          Forgive us for holding onto hindrances and burdensome weights of yesterday. We choose to let go of all of it so that we can embrace the New that You have for us today. Help us, O God, in Jesus' Name we pray! Amen