Driving to and from office are moments I enjoy as I have a good time reflecting and listening to what God is talking to me. I mull over the scriptures that I read in the morning or a sudden flash of thought that God puts in my mind to ponder, or I say a prayer for someone in need or words of a song triggers a thought etc., and so a lot happens in terms of reflections in that short and sweet twenty minute drive. 
This morning I was reminded of the scripture which says that God does not recall our past sins that are forgiven. Isaiah 43:25 (Amplified Version) says, "I, even I, am He Who blots out and cancels your transgressions, for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins". It was such a comforting thought that made me feel so set free. Everyone has a bad side of the past and the enemy's strategy is to keep recalling that and keep us stuck and rooted in the past that we can never move forward. He would also effectively use his messengers - unforgiving and graceless people who would join with him in the condemnation band wagon. If we are not sensitive to his schemes we can easily give in to his thoughts and feel condemned and worthless and in turn start to condemn others. Satan uses people in fulfilling his objective of bringing down those who desire to do God's will. The truth of the matter is that God remembers our sins no more and man has no business to talk about the past. The more we hear the voice of God the less we hear the voice of satan and his messengers.
Perhaps that is why Paul writing to the Philippians mentions this as a success strategy for life. He is a person who had a terrible past. He was a hardcore Jew from the strictest sect of Judaism and went about persecuting the Church, dragging people out of their homes and murdering them. He stood approving the stoning of Stephen, the first martyr. His blind faith in Judaism drove him to go to such extents only to be stopped in his tracks by the Lord Jesus himself after which it was no turning back. Paul says "...but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,..."Phil 3:13.
Do not ruin a beautiful present by thinking about the past. Each day and the here and now is a gift from God which is why it is called "present". We can ruin it by recalling what God has chosen to forgive and forget. The more we think about the past the less we will be able to work towards the future. Getting stuck in our past glories and failures will ruin our present and keep us from achieving what God has kept for our future. Do not give the devil and his messengers room by allowing them to recall the past. Do not be disturbed when the devil and his messengers try to dig up your past. They try to do this cause they know their time is running out and their future is doomed. 
If the devil reminds you of your past, just remind him about his future!!! Want to leave you with this all time favourite of mine from the Gaithers!!
