Psalms’ Blessings

Day 2 – Regrets

Have you ever had regrets in your life that you just couldn’t shake? No matter how bright your future appeared, you still couldn’t help but regret the outcome of some problem you had in the past. We all have one or two of those and letting go of them is not small feat. But there are times when regret can totally debilitate a person.

I think of Lot’s wife. Why do you think she looked back? I’ve heard a few sermons on this and all were centered around the fact that she regretted leaving everything she cared about in her life behind.

This one little action of looking back brought sever consequences for her. It didn’t affect only her. Lot was now without a wife and her daughters were without a mother. Her city is being destroyed in a most horrific way yet she stops to look back. Her heart was back there, that much is obvious.

Today’s Psalm reveals that the child of God can rest in the Lord’s deliverance from our fears. God will help us through any difficult trial if we will only focus on Him and not on the circumstances around us. Verse 5 says they looked unto him and their faces were not ashamed. We will never have regrets if we follow His will for our lives – obedience brings peace and comfort, not regrets.

Do you have regrets, dear Christian? Leave them in the past if you have done what you can to repair them. The devil wants nothing better than to distract you from the will of God! Leave them and move ahead – keep your eyes fixed on the Lord, do His work and look forward to His return! Don’t be like Lot’s wife – don’t park your thoughts on the past and all of its regrets!