HELEN SANDERS
7-17-2026
DON’T LOOK BACK

Try as you may, you cannot bring back what you did yesterday, last week, last month or last year. It is gone. Whatever good or bad you did is not recoverable.

You must not dwell on what could have been. If you do, you will never enjoy the present. And yes, each day is truly a present from God. Choose to live it the best you can without dwelling on the yesterdays that are gone and cannot be changed.

When God came to Abraham in Genesis chapter18, we see two angels telling Abraham that God was going to destroy the wicked city of Sodom. Abraham’s nephew, Lot and his wife and daughters lived there. Abraham asked God to spare the city. He was in covenant with God, and this was his right. He could ask God to do this based on their covenant agreement.

The angels then go on to say in Genesis 18:33 that they would not destroy this large city if there were ten righteous people in the city. Sadly, there were not ten righteous people that lived there. Lot’s wife and two daughters were the only ones that qualified to be called righteous.

Because there weren’t ten, the destruction would take place. Lot tried to warn his two married daughters and their husbands, but they just mocked him. They took pleasure in the sin of Sodom.

The angels told Lot, his wife, and two daughters to leave the city and not look back. Then fire and brimstone fell. Lot’s wife was so entangled with Sodom perhaps because their daughters and sons-in-law were still there, so she looked back and instantly became a pillar of salt and died. She defied God’s warning and it cost her life.

This is how God wants us to live, by His word. We must let go of the things of the past. [Philippians 3:13]. We must not dwell on them. We must look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. We must realize that if God shut a door that he had a good reason. Don’t end up like Lot’s wife, dwelling on things that cannot be changed. Press towards Jesus and don’t look back.