Empty Out the Negative by Joel Osteen

Author:Joel Osteen [Osteen, Joel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2020-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

Come Over into the Is

The Scripture says, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” It doesn’t say where the Spirit of the Lord was. If you’re always thinking about yesterday, last month, or last year, there’s no freedom there. That’s where the Spirit of the Lord was. This is a new day. There are new victories, new relationships, and new opportunities. Quit living in what was and come over into what is. Right now there is freedom for you. Right now there are new beginnings. Right now there is joy, peace, and restoration. Crying over what happened yesterday doesn’t bring freedom. Living in regrets of what you should have done or what could have been isn’t at all productive. Being offended, upset, and frustrated over what didn’t work out will only keep you in mediocrity. It’s time to drop it and move forward. You may be a product of your past, but you don’t have to be a prisoner of your past. Nothing that has happened to you was a surprise to God. When He laid out the plan for your life, He already knew every person who would hurt you, every loss you would go through, and every mistake you would make. The good news is that for every setback, God has already arranged a comeback. For every disappointment, He has a new beginning. For every failure, He’ll bring a restoration. For all the ashes, He has beauty.

You have to put your foot down and say, “That’s it. I may have been through some disappointments, and I may have made some mistakes, but I’m not going to waste the time I have left worrying about what I could have done better, bitter over what didn’t work out, or upset over who did me wrong. I’m leaving the was and I’m coming over into the is. I’m dropping the offense, dropping the self-pity, dropping the blame, dropping the failure. I’m done carrying negative baggage. I’m going to live my life free.” Here’s the key: If somebody did you wrong, leave it up to God. He’ll be your vindicator. If you made mistakes, quit beating yourself and receive God’s mercy. It’s new every morning. If there are things you don’t understand—you worked hard, but you didn’t get the promotion, or you did your best, but your marriage didn’t make it—instead of dragging around that negative baggage, you have to be mature enough to say, “God, I don’t understand it, but I trust You. I know that You wouldn’t have allowed it if it wasn’t going to somehow work to my advantage. So I’m not going to get bitter, and I’m not going to live looking back in my rearview mirror. I’m going to keep moving forward, knowing that my best days are still ahead.”

The writer of Ecclesiastes says, “Better is the end than the beginning.” You may have had a rough start, but you don’t have to have a rough finish. Better is the end. Maybe you had

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