Move On!

For generations, children have sung “Shoo fly, don’t bother me.”  The song written in 1869 by T. Bingham Bishop, has remained popular for decades, but was most commonly sung by soldiers during the Spanish-American War when flies and the yellow fever mosquito were serious enemies.   I remember singing it to little boys, but I wasn’t always referring to flies! LOL

Does your past “bug” you?  Whose doesn’t!  Not only is Satan the great deceiver and father of lies, he never forgets that which we so desperately try to put behind us.  With the cross looming before Him, Jesus asked His closest friends to pray with Him.  And, what did they do -- they fell asleep!  Can you imagine their shame when they realized what they had done!  How many times have mistakes launched you into the pits of despair?  Jesus didn’t allow the disciples to “go there." He said, “Rise, let us be going …” (Matthew 26:46).  Oswald Chambers' paraphrases Jesus’ words, "Get up and do the next thing."  There’s to be no parking or even loitering at the shoulda’s and woulda’s of past mistakes.  No, followers of Christ are to move ahead in the redemptive grace of Christ and the power of His resurrection.  Boldly -- say "shoo" to Satan and move on!