There is delay, danger and often devastation in keeping what God said to destroy. God will not release the new until you bring closure to the old. You can’t move forward effectively if you keep looking behind you. God wants to do a new thing in you. Even in the midst of chaos, God speaks a word of life to you today. He will make a way in the wilderness and create a flow of rivers in the desert—just for you! Stop rehearsing the past! Stop nursing dead issues! You can’t stop the memories from coming to visit, but you don’t have to invite them to stay. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. For when you think differently, you’ll see differently! When you see differently, you’ll choose differently! When you choose differently, you’ll live differently. Stop trying to patch up what God said to get rid of. Matthew 9:17 says, “Put new wine into new wineskins so they both are preserved.” God has something new and different for you—but first you must get rid of the old.
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