Your History Doesn't Determine Your Future
What was doesn’t have to be what will be.
Jesus paid the ultimate price on the cross, giving His life and shedding His blood that we would be able to live forgiven, freed, redeemed, healed in every way.
The enemy of our souls would love for us to stay bound by things of the past, but Jesus’ blood has covered us, cleansing us from all sin, and has set us free. That means we aren’t trapped by the past and the chains that once held us bound have been broken.
Check out these portions of lyrics to the song, “Better Word,” written by Leeland Mooring, Kyle Lee, and Casey Moore. (Click on the link below to listen to the song.)
Your blood, my hope
My hope and my defense
Your blood, forever covers me
It's singing out with life
It's shouting down the lies
It echoes through the night
The precious blood of Christ
Speaks a better word
It's calling out my name
It's breaking every chain
Oh, it's making all things right
The precious blood of Christ
Speaks a better word
It speaks a better word
Speaking life over me
It's rewriting my history
It covers me with destiny, yes, it does
It's making all things right
The precious blood of Christ
It's shouting down the lies
It echoes through the night
The precious blood of Christ
Speaks a better word
Let those truths sink into your soul and transform your thinking. What was doesn’t have to be a determining factor of how your future will unfold. He’s rewriting your history, which means your future isn’t necessarily what you thought it would end up being.
What can it mean when your history is rewritten? Mistakes you’ve made, hurts and trauma you’ve endured, and disappointments you’ve experienced don’t have to reach into the future to determine how things will turn out for you. Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, your history has been redeemed, which means you’ve been set free from those things. The question for each of us is, will we allow ourselves to live like that?
Yes, things have happened in your life that you wish hadn’t, but the blood of Jesus has provided forgiveness – for you to receive and to offer. Not only that, but His blood has also broken every chain that’s kept you bound or attached to things from the past. That means shame is not your portion. It also means you don’t need to be held captive by anger, bitterness, and unforgiveness for the actions of others against you. Forgiveness is powerful – don’t underestimate its ability to bring freedom to your life.
On the cross, Jesus declared, “It is finished.” His death and resurrection made a way for us to be wholly forgiven, healed, set free, and at peace. No matter what our pasts have looked like and whether those things have been a result of our own decisions or those of others, when we can allow the truth of the cross to enable us to let go of things in our past, then our history will no longer influence our future.
If your history was rewritten, what would your future hold? What an awesome conversation to have with Jesus! Take the limits off, my friend, live as the redeemed person you are, and take bold steps forward into all Jesus has ahead for you!
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