[Discoveries] 04-04-08 Forgetting the past -- Genesis 41:51

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, "It is because God has 
made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household." -- Genesis 
41:51*/

There are two ways to forget the past. One is to deny it, to pretend it 
never happened, to pack it away and never "go there." That would be 
fine, if it worked. The problem is -- it doesn't. We may try to forget 
the past this way, but the past doesn't forget us. It comes back to 
haunt us.

The second way to forget the past is go there with God, face all the 
"demons" of the past with Jesus so that He can put it rest forever. Once 
the power of the past is broken, then it no longer can control any part 
of your life.

God made Joseph forget. How? He met him in all his troubles. In the 
place of his suffering, God revealed to Joseph who He really is. Once 
Joseph received from God, the past troubles could torment him no longer.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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