An African proverbs says,’ Yesterday is another country. I no longer live there.’
Our worries and sins of the future can blight our present and future. But the past is past, dead and gone. Any sins of the past can’t be rectified, only learned from. Dwelling on the past will not change a thing. God says,’ See I am doing a new thing. Do you not perceive it.’ Is 43:19. God doesn’t want us to dwell in the past, He wants us to see beyond those things.
We are not the same people we were in the past. Circumstances are not the same. Through the birth of Jesus we see there is a new way. He is a new beginning. Nothing was ever the same again after His birth. Time turned on it’s axis. The old order of the law had passed away, the new had begun through Jesus Christ. No wonder the angels sang, the shepherds worshipped and the wise men travelled all to celebrate this momentous event.
Our worship at Christmas is just the continuation of their worship. The story has never dulled, the trust never diminished. ‘Glory to the new born King.’