I suppose this has to be one of the worst times to blog because everyone is back to the grind.  If you’re back at work, your inbox is most likely overflowing with both junk and other important tasks.  And if you’re interested at all in blogs, I’m sure all your favorite bloggers are back at it, so your RSS will be pretty full too.  By now, all of you have probably resolved to stop wasting so much time reading blogs anyway…Ha, ha!

That makes me think of one of the points of yesterday’s message…some things should be left behind.  Just as you know that leaving behind “time wasters” at work will help you achieve your goal for more effectiveness, getting lost in the past can often hinder us from pressing on toward our future goals.

Paul said, one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:13-14)

It’s true for our goals about business, effectiveness and our spiritual lives too.  Hebrews 12:1 says, “let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” In other words, you can’t focus on where you’re headed if you’re always looking back.

Forget the unhealthy things that are behind us.  The past can’t be changed and all we have is now.

As Switchfoot put it, “Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead.”  Take a listen, and stick to those resolutions.