Our rear guard...

If you're like me there are many things, if we let them, that would keep us from moving forward in life. Yes, its the dreaded phrase, "our past." I have often found myself identifying with the children of Israel. While many find commonalities between the disciples and themselves I find my commonality somewhere in the million plus parade line of Israel, specifically as they crossed the Red Sea and the Jordan. Both times they feared their past oppressors as they looked over their shoulder.

Twice in Isaiah God promises to go before them into their future and will protect them from their past as He will be their rear guard. Many of us, myself included, live for the future trying to forget our past while failing to embrace the promised protection that comes on our behalf.

Let's live life forward while recognizing the Safety we have on our back side.