Trade In.
- AfraOpoku
- December 28, 2025
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Forget the former things.1
That’s hard.
Former -for a lot of us- is usually a bucket of mistakes we can’t help but remember; promises broken, decisions gone awry, expectations messed up, wasted years ad infinitum.
Live a little and you probably have your bucket of former.
We may not want to remember them but they tend to creep into our thoughts and language.
If only.
Wish I had known.
What I would change.
These all speak of former things.
God wants us to forget those.
Easy to say.
Not so easy to do.
You know what helps?
Having something new to look forward to.
Having something unbroken to work on.
Having a blank page to write on.
It is said change is hard.
There is an argument however that good change isn’t.
Stick with me for a moment.
Let’s say you drive a fairly reasonable car.
It works fine. It’s not a clunker, but it’s up in years.
Doesn’t have a screen. Can’t spell blue tooth and definitely doesn’t have a charging pad.
Now let’s say I give you a new car.
Not just any car.
Your dream car.
The latest version.
Would you swap your old car for the new one?
If you had to think about it, you probably have major attachment issues.
I wouldn’t even blink.
A beautiful, untouched or as we say ‘tear rubber’ car that I actually want?
I’d swap it in an instant.
The bad news is, I’m not Oprah.
I have no intensions of giving you a new car so you’re going to have to hang on to whatever mode of transport you have.
The good news is better.
The one telling you to forget the former things is bigger and far more resourced than Oprah.
God doesn’t stop at asking you to forget.
He’s asking you to swap your view of former for the new and better thing that He’s doing.
I’m not making that up.
Isaiah penned God’s thoughts when he wrote “behold I am doing a new thing”2
For me to pick out your dream car, I need to know what you want and even then, I may get the wrong one. You could end up with the SE version, when you actually want the LE.
God knows right down to the tiniest of details the dreams that make your heart flutter.
He knows what you need and what you want and when you need what.
He is way more specific and has far more attention to detail than any talk show host can dare to dream.
Different people have different former things.
Different people have different desires, needs and wants and unlike me, when God says He’s got you? He’s got you right down to your latest hair count.
He’s creating a new windshield so you no longer have to look into the rearview mirror.
As the year begins, God has you in mind.
That which you think He’s forgotten? He hasn’t.
That which you think you’ve gone past? All the laws of nature are at His command.
The one who gave up His beloved Son didn’t stutter when He said He will freely give you all things.3
As the year begins. Trust Him this one time and obey this one command.
Forget the former things.
He has bigger, better and far more beautiful blessings with your name on it.
You serve a God who’s not on a budget.
Hold your breath in anticipation.
Happy New year.
- Isaiah 43 v 18
- Isaiah 43 v 19
- Romans 8 v 32