God Shows Himself Strong

by Charles R. Swindoll

Let your heart keep my commandments;

for length of days and years of life

and peace they will add to you.

Proverbs 3:1-2

If you focus on the past, it won't be long before complaints start oozing from your lips.

You will remember a long-ago time, bathed in a hazy, rosy glow of memory, when something was easier and more comfortable than it is today. And as you compare then and now, I guarantee it---you will grumble.

I do this; so do you. But it's so foolish! We look back nostalgically on what was once a pleasant situation, at which time (even then!) we were looking back longingly on a more pleasant earlier time. That's dumb, isn't it?

You may be grumbling right now about your current situation. But chances are good that two years from now, you'll be looking back on this moment and saying, "Oh for the good old days! Boy, it was great back then, wasn't it?" . . .

Stop!

We live in the light of some dreamy past leisure or pleasure, when in actuality God continues to show Himself strong all along the way.