The thought you don't say out loud
You know the one.
Someone new steps into a role - a new teacher, a new boss, maybe a new leader at your corps or church - and before they’ve even had a fair chance, a thought forms quietly in the back of your mind.
The old one was better.
You probably won’t say it out loud. But it sits there. And it does more damage than you might think.
In today’s devotional, I look at one line from Acts chapter 13, verse 36. Paul is walking through Israel’s history, and when he reaches David, he says something striking: “After David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died.”
His own generation. Not all time. Not forever. David was given a season - and when that season was complete, the baton moved on. That is not failure. That is finishing.
When we compare the new to the old, we think we are honouring the person we miss. But we are quietly using their memory as a measuring stick - and that is not fair to either of them.
Here is the small step: next time that “it was better when...” thought forms, pause. And ask yourself - what might God be doing right now that I am missing because I am looking the wrong way?
Today’s five-minute video unpacks this further. I would love you to watch it and let me know what you think.
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Take care and God bless.
Rob
Read this week’s devotionals here - https://open.substack.com/pub/battledrilldevotional/p/when-someone-leaves-finding-peace?r=643q6o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true