If you want a bag of cement to become concrete, you have to mix it with water. Likewise, you have to mix God’s Word with faith in order for it to become a concrete experience in your life. The Word of God can make you feel good, and it can even give you an emotional high. But none of that will last long when it does not get mixed with faith. Faith demands an action, not just a feeling.

It was a thirty-five-day walk for the people of Israel to get from Egypt to Canaan. But what should have taken thirty-five days ended up taking forty years because they kept looking back. Maybe that sounds familiar to you. Maybe you feel that you should have been further in your life by now, further in your career, relationships, family, finances, or even in your emotional and spiritual well-being; but instead you keep looking back. You keep saying, “What if,” “Why,” “But,” and everything else that can be said about yesterday.

You fear that you have blown it. You have missed your opportunity. You have failed. Or you fear that someone else has messed you up too much, stolen your future or your hope. Yesterday is real to you. And it is real. I am not saying that yesterday isn’t real.

What I am saying is that you need to stop looking at the leeks and the fish of your yesterday, and look at the milk and honey of your destiny instead. Just like God gave the spies a glimpse of their tomorrow, He has given you a glimpse of what He has in store for you too. It is a glimpse of a good future with hope.

Yes, it is true - even God can’t (or won’t) change your past. But He can change your future, and that truth alone should give you hope. There is always hope when you have God on your side. Friend, if you remember anything from me at all, remember these five words: It is not too late. In fact, it is never too late to do what you have been destined to do, as long as God is still in the equation.

It was not too late for Jonah. He ignored God’s command to preach a call of repentance to the people of Nineveh, ending up in the belly of a whale. But God rescued a repentant Jonah who went on to lead the greatest revival of all time.

It was not too late for Sarah. Sarah doubted God’s promise that she would give birth to a son … laughing at the news because of her old age. She plotted a human solution in a failed attempt to bring about a supernatural promise; but God, in His mercy, still fulfilled the promise … even in Sarah’s latter years.

It was not too late for Peter. Despite a defiant declaration that he would never leave Jesus, Peter denied Christ three times. Peter’s life was restored spiritually, and he went on to accomplish things a fisherman could never have imagined.

It was not too late for Rahab, Jacob, or Esther either, and it is definitely not too late for you. God has a purpose, destiny, and goal for your life. Don’t go backwards on Him now. You have come too far. You can’t change your past, no matter how much you may want to. But your past does not have to determine your future. It is not too late to live the hope and the high calling that is yours in Jesus Christ.