Forward Focus!

Luke 9: 62

⁶² But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Throughout the course of my limited time in ministry, I’ve found that people are often captivated by the past.

The past can be filled with either warm memories, or many memories that we’d just as soon forget.

Since Jesus is coming again, and instead of considering the things of the past, I suspect Jesus would want us to be forward thinkers.

Yet so many people can’t let go of the past.

Jesus was saying that if we focus on the physical things, we’ll be very disappointed.

He even said that if we do that, we’re not even fit for the Kingdom of God.

That sounds like very harsh language, doesn’t it?

And yet I’ve discovered, that I don’t know, what I don’t know.

Jesus wants our forward focus to be on the spiritual things of the age to come.

His Kingdom will have no end, so maybe we should focus on that? Maybe Jesus is worth more, than considering what’s behind?

The physical brings with it visions of grandeur for the moment, but there is no lasting satisfaction.

Are you constantly looking in the rear view mirror?

If you know anything about farming at all, plowing with your head looking backward, well, the result will show up at harvest time.

Have you put your hand to the plow? Then start this new week looking toward the spiritual harvest of the future.

You’ll probably be very disappointed one day, if you don’t...