Rearview mirror

You can’t go back, but you can look forward.

Our rearview mirror in our cars are designed to help us see what’s behind us, what we have already passed by. And our front windshield helps us see what’s ahead, so we can drive and steer the car properly.

Many of us tend to use our rearview mirror of life and stay stuck in the past. Instead, we should be looking ahead to our future. What do we plan to do with what God has blessed us with today?

I love the book of James and the first chapter is loaded with information, especially for a new Christian. In James, there’s so much insight on what Christians will face, why they should persevere in trials, what to do when they don’t understand and how they are to go forward.

Looking back in my early Christian walk, I wish someone would have told me about the book of James. But instead of looking back, I’m looking forward to my future. I can’t wait to see what God’s got in store for me. Yes, there may be trials but God will be there in the passenger seat to go through it with me.

James 1:2-6 - “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.  But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.”