Endings mean beginnings

     We often think about the beginning of a new day, the beginning of a new experience, or even the beginning of new life through a babies birth or new life in Christ when born again.  We, on the other hand, dwell on endings.  We put life into endings and fail to have capacity for the new in our lives.  The Lord says that every day is new and to be celebrated.  He doesn't say to dwell on the past.  True, we are to remember where he has brought us from but not in the context of dwelling on past.  We are to be engaging the future based on the blessings and lessons God has brought our way.  Like dominos, we are to see the hand of God as he carries us through life.  By dwelling on the past we are unable to move forward.  That is why endings mean so much to God.  Ending our pagan life and living a born again life is just one example of this.
     Ending our selfish behavior, ending our disobedience, ending our independence from God, ending the fight to live life on our own terms are all ways of healthy ending.  I have encountered many people who romance the past indicating there is no ending in their life.  Ending means stopping.  Pretty simple you might be thinking.  The enemy, Satan, wants you and I so focused on the past that we become immobilized in our serving Jesus.  Ending our relationship with Satan (that's what it is) means living for Jesus.  Why?  Because there is the world's god, Satan, and there is the one true God, Jesus.  No other choices remain.  Choosing to live for yourself makes you your own god.  We all know how that works our!  Living for God, for the Christian, is the only choice.  If you are still living in your world, you aren't living for God.
     The Bible tells us that every day is new.  New opportunities, new blessings, new reason to share the Good News living in you.  Not hiding your faith as many do but surrendering so that when people see you, interact with you and come alongside you all they can see is Jesus.  Not impossible as all things are possible with God.  In Christ there is no room for grumbling because it's based on unended events of the past.  In Christ there are no would've, could've or should've moments.  Jesus is new every day to the believer who are renewed every day with new beginnings...but only to those who have engaged in ending the past control of their lives.  Remember that this is always your choice.