Why You Shouldn't Live Life Through the Rearview Mirror

I was driving down the freeway doing the speed limit (I do that to stay out of trouble - I hate being pulled over by the cops!) and this car was tailgating the heck out of me! I got upset and started to accelerate when I heard The Spirit saying "Don't allow the car in back of you dictate how you drive. You're in front maintain your stance and don't react." That was one of the greatest revelations I have ever had!

Sometimes out of pride and insecurity, we behave on a purely emotional and reactionary level and that's why we end up in a great deal of the messes that we end up having to endure. Stop allowing your pride, insecurity and the yelling at you from outsiders dictate to you how you live your life. Even your family and friends can't always tell you what's best for you b/c a lot of times they don't even know what's best for themselves! You should be seeking God's will for your life and if you don't know God's will for your life then how would you expect anyone else to know? You have to put in time w/Jesus and seek Him through prayer, reading the inspired Word of God and if necessary, fasting. Sometimes you have to be willing to do something you've never done in order to have something you've never had.

The rear view mirror is only important to use to look behind you when you are backing out of someplace or when you are switching lanes it is not necessary to watch the driver behind to the extent that you allow them to dictate the way you drive especially when you are obeying traffic laws. It's the same in God's kingdom, outsiders to your life can't always provide the helpful prospective that you may need. You are lost so you ask this one and that one and no one has the answers. Then you're looking back and your fear of what's behind you is greater than the possibly bright future that you have ahead of you. But if you keep looking through the rear view mirror and taking to heart the misguided opinions of others you could very well end up off in a ditch, in an accident that could seriously hurt you or someone else or you could end up violating the law of God b/c you gave priority to what was behind instead of paying attention to the road ahead. "I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead." Philippians 3:13.


Be blessed!!!

Mediocrity hates greatness...be great and let the haters hate!