Don't Look Back, You Are Not Who You Were

In this powerful episode of 10 Minutes In-Courage-Meant Just for You, we unpack a truth we all need to hear: Remember the past, but don’t look back. God calls us to honor where He’s brought us from—but not to live there. Whether we’re looking back with pride or paralyzed by shame, the past can’t define what God is doing right now.

Using Isaiah 43:18–19, Philippians 3:13–14, and Luke 9:62, we’re reminded that backward glances can cost us forward movement. Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt for just one look back. Jesus tells us plainly—you can’t plow straight if your eyes are behind you. When we dwell on who we were, we risk missing who we’re becoming in Christ.

This episode is an invitation to stop rehearsing the old labels, the regrets, the “I used to be” scripts, and start stepping into the new thing God is doing. Because in Christ, Romans 8:1 says there’s no condemnation. Your past doesn’t imprison you—it positions you to walk in freedom.

So today, let gratitude shape your memory, not your direction. Eyes forward, friend—you’re not who you were. You’re becoming who He’s always seen you to be.