Don’t Let Past Relationships Affect New Ones
Truth be told I (like many others) have a past that I wouldn’t exactly say I am proud of. A few years ago I was in a relationship that didn’t end so well. My past was used against me of why the relationship could not run the distance. I was extremely hurt in the midst of it. I remember feeling so angry because I thought that by the blood of the lamb I had been redeemed, wasn’t I free from sin and shame because Jesus paid the ultimate price?
So why would I be rejected by people who were “spiritually mature”, I won’t ever get my answer, or understand why it had to happen, but I want to shed some light on the importance of not allowing our past to affect our future relationships.
So Don’t Let Past Relationships Affect New Ones
Well, I have been studying the names and Character of God and God is a God of redemption, of restoration, of freedom and of grace. “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace” Ephesians 1:7
Never forget there is power in the blood of Jesus, but if there is power in him that means we need to get in His presence to release those chains off of us, to be able to release us from those things that may have hindered us in the past and we need to shelter in the richness of His grace so that we are able to press forward to all that He has for us.
That means living for an audience of one, and not allowing those who try to use our pasts against us to determine our future. God has so much in store for us. He has came to prosper us, to not harm us, and to give us hope and a future.
So Don’t Let Past Relationships Affect New Ones
Freedom comes from Him alone and the best time to experience that freedom, that refining, the purifying is when you are single so that you don’t bring those things into your future relationship. Allow the power of the blood to wash over you and cleanse you from the inside out.
Years later, (and now that I am married), I see why that didn’t work. I could never be with someone who didn’t look at me like the Father does with pure eyes, seeing the good in me, the potential in me and all that He has called me to be. The way my now husband speaks of me is with so much honor, integrity, respect and love. God knew what I needed not what I thought I wanted.
So Don’t Let Past Relationships Affect New Ones
Don’t ever allow someone to use your past against you. Someone who is from God will never see what once was, but all that He has restored, redeemed, and renewed in and through you. The Christian life is one of constant sanctification. It is the consistent process of becoming holy and being set apart for the special purpose He has for you.
So Don’t Let Past Relationships Affect New Ones, we have a part to play, have you given your past to the Lord? Have you been set free? Have you allowed the chains to fall off of you and for Him to take away the guilt, the shame and the burden of what once was? You need to give that over to the Lord because He already paid the price for you – so that you no longer need to carry your sin.
Written By Michelle Apples
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