'Those Were The Days My Friend'

Scripture
Job 29:1-7
I long for the years gone by when God took care of me.  When He lit up the way before me and I walked safely through the darkness.  When I was in my prime God's friendship was felt in my home.  The Almighty was still with me . . . those were the days!

Observation
Job comforts himself with visions & memories of the past.  Those were the days!  Reminiscing about the good ole days when God took care of him, when He walked with God and was 'friends' with God.  When his children were around him.  Those were the days . . . Job longs for those days gone by.  The days of former blessings, the days of favor and when everyone looked up to him.  When he helped others and everyone listened to him.  But now . . . things have changed.

Application
Looking back, remembering the former days can bring comfort but only fleeting.  I remember Lot's wife who was warned not to look back.  She did, and turned into a pillar of salt.  I recall the Israelites complaining, wishing they were back in Egypt.  They remembered only 'the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic', but what they did not remember was the slavery, the bondage, the blood, sweat, & tears, and the horrific murders of their newborn sons.  They had forgotten their miraculous deliverance by God through Moses and only saw themselves as being stuck in the desert with only manna to eat.

There is a time to reflect and remember the past - we all do it.  But what about today?  
Today is the day the Lord has made!  I will rejoice and be glad in it!  Today I will hear His voice!  Today He will give me success!  Today I will pray to the Lord!  Today I will praise His Name!  Give me this day, today, my daily bread . . . Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, TODAY, and forever!  

Prayer
Father, let me see You today.  Let me hear Your voice today.  Let me long for You and not the former days where my memory will play tricks on me about days gone by.  Help me let go of the past and appreciate and be thankful for the great things You have done for me.  Keep my will, my eyes, and my mind set for following You and pressing on to the goal, forgetting what lies behind, and pressing onto to what lies ahead.  In Jesus Name, A-men.