In our previous blog, we saw how focusing on our natural circumstances can make us fear our future and speak that language of fear. 

(If you missed it you can read it here.)

Today, let’s look at another trap the enemy uses to keep us bound in the fear of the future. 

Isaiah 43:19 says, “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?”

God wants to do something new in your life and God wants you to see it. But in order for you to see God’s plan for your future, there is a prerequisite that God gives you in the verse right above this.

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.” Isaiah 43:18

The reason why we are not able to see what God is doing is because our eyes are so focused on what has happened in the past. And for you to see what God wants to do in your life He is telling you to forget the former things. That’s a choice that you need to make. 

Forget those wrong words that were spoken over you. Forget those hurts and trauma. Forget that pulling down of your soul that happened. Forget it because God wants to do something new in your life. 

The reason why you are scared and worried about your future is because your reference point is your past. So every time God wants to take you ahead, you are looking at your past failures. God is saying forget it. 

How long will you hold on to your past? Choose today, that if you are going back to your past, it will only be to pick up your testimonies of God’s goodness and faithfulness. 

Let God’s goodness and His Word be your reference point and you will see that the fear of the future will have no more power over you. 

XOXO
Kim Dsouza

Ever caught yourself saying or thinking things like, “I don’t know what is going to happen to my future,” “What will happen to my job?” “What will happen to my marriage?”.

That is the language of fear, and fear is a liar.

The truth is, your future is safe, and you will not fail. We serve a God of the future, and He has already been in your future. He holds your future.

God confirms this multiple times in His Word:

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
(Jeremiah 29:11)

“Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
(Philippians 1:6)

There is provision in your future because the Word of God says that those who seek the Lord shall lack no good thing. (Psalm 34:10)

The next time fear speaks, you need to talk back to that fear and say, “I will never again fear my future. Because as long as God is in my future, I shall stand.”

You may be focused on your storm right now, but I want you to see the glorious future God has for you.

Say this out loud:

There is joy in my future.

I will succeed in my workplace. 

I will have a beautiful marriage.

God will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert for me.

There is no temptation or test that can come to pull me down because Jesus was tempted in every way, yet He did not fail.

In the Bible, we see how Martha was worried and saw so many things that were not right. Mary was also seeing things, but from a better location. And that location was at the feet of Jesus.

What are you seeing, and through whose eyes are you seeing it?

The more time you spend with the Word of God, the less you will see things based on your natural circumstances. You will begin to see through the eyes of Jesus. This is the better part Mary chose, and when you choose this better part, it will not be taken from you.

XOXO
Kim Dsouza