Yesterday morning we went to a little cafe which is totally devoted to the 1940's, complete with the old wartime ration books, music from that period and the lady who owns it, dresses in clothes from that era and does her hair like it too! It was quite surreal, like stepping back in time. The prices were present day though.😊
We quite often hear people refer to the good old days, both in the world and in the church, how there was this or that move of God, but God wants us in the here and now for a reason. He had us put on the planet in this day and age because He has equipped us and gifted us for living for Him now not in the past.
He gives us His faith to believe Him for things for today and in the future. Faith doesn't work in the past, it works in the now for the now and for the days to come. Our God is the great 'I AM', because He is all that we need Him to be for our present. He is a very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1) If we get into some trouble we don't want a God who was, we want a help right now don't we?
God goes on to tell us in scripture that He's going to do a 'new' thing. He doesn't rehash the old, or relive an era gone by. He is a God of fresh anointings, of the new and interesting, not old and boring. So if we've been wishing it was the old days or for the way things were, let's ask the Lord instead to help us let go of the past, and for the courage and help to live in today and enjoy what He has in store for us in the now and in the days to come. This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm118:24) Amen.😊
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