My identity is in Christ, yet there remains a movie projector in my head that vividly recaptures past failures. It is as if I am briefly transported to the place where I can feel the shame of sins that were actually forgiven long ago.
I have come to understand that reliving these hurtful memories must be thought of in two ways. First ... the sting felt with each haunting remembrance is a precious reminder from whence I was rescued, and the sufficiency of Christ's redemptive act.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:1
Secondly, I must keep those memories from crippling my walk by quickly laying them aside. If my mind gets trapped in 'rewind', I am prevented from moving forward and experiencing the joy of the Lord.
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, Philippians 3:13
Wuest - Our onward progress is hindered should we dwell on a past full of failures and sins, heartaches and discouragements, disappointments and thwarted hopes.
What the enemy uses in an attempt to sideline believers with feelings of unworthiness, our heavenly Father uses to draw us near.
And one day soon, that 'recorder' will be cast into the sea ... never to torment us again.
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