Today I am sharing a portion of my communion time with the Holy Spirit which I will conclude tomorrow. May these words equip you with the necessary grace to override the mistakes of the past and go into your future completely guilt free knowing you have been justified by the blood of Jesus.

The Holy Spirit wants me to deal with the questions regarding what past mistakes really benefit us and how not to give credit to those situations because one felt they made us better and more spiritually alert.

First of all the Holy Spirit talked about not dwelling in or living in the past and to put a stop to that way of processing because it amounts to driving forward while looking backwards.

Where you live and what you dwell on are completely different from using an experience to navigate correctly from a mistake.

Of course we are to learn from the past but we are not to live in the trauma of the past and make it our place of abode.

If you always focus on your mistakes you will keep repeating them because you have not changed your posture, you just keep doing the same thing and nothing will shift or change and you still remain stunted.

You need to let go of the pain and trauma then find a new way of walking forward which is what the Holy Spirit will help you find. Hebrews.12:15.

If the Apostle Paul kept looking at how Stephen died and how all the Christians he killed and hurt felt all day long he would never have written any letter to encourage us to live for God.

He certainly would not have any revelation from the Lord to share because he could not look up and see the light because all he meditated on was those past hurts and the anguish of the men He hurt.

However Paul put those sins behind him through repentance and allowed the Lord to show him His mercy and compassion and out of those gave him messages of deliverance and help for even us today that enables us to navigate through situations that happen in our lives. Philippians.3:13 & 14.

My point is that in the Holy Spirit when we allow the past to haunt us, by controlling our actions and responses means God is unable to use and work with us because we are unable to change making it impossible for even the Lord to change our perspective and ultimate action which results in us remaining dead in our trespasses.

The Lord always offers us the way forward with a thought to make us change direction from a way that is hurting us and making us stagnant. Isaiah.55:7 & 8.

The Holy Spirit is always in motion doing and accomplishing the will of Jesus and we need to get onboard with Him where He is leading and guiding the Kingdom mandate. John.16:14 & 15.