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Believers Are Glad to “Go There” When The Real Problem is Pointed Out
In my years of ministry this common place cripples and controls Christians like...
Steven Pawley
July 22, 2025
It cripples and it controls. Something in the past is chained to choices today. It won’t go away and we or someone we know can’t move on because of what’s “back there” somewhere.
Maybe the marriage is being impacted today because things that happened pre-marriage haven’t been dealt with properly. For others it’s some “can’t”:
I can’t get over it, fix it, unsay it, undo it… I can’t go back! But they also can’t go forward because of it. This has been true in my life. How about yours?
While there are things back there that we can do nothing about: birth, upbringing, wounds, losses, and regrets, there is a question we can ask that frees us from the bondage of what’s “back there”.
In 2 Kings 6:1-3, times got hard, change was needed, and it was time to move on. But before life could move forward some lessons needed to be learned. Like it or not, God does that with us.
In v. 4-5, just when it seems like real progress is being made, circumstances derail us – you know, things go off the rails, the wheels fall off, or like that axe head, “fly off the handle”. Why?
Sometimes it’s because we’re living off what is borrowed – a narrative about our past or our identity that someone else gave us or we made up. It could be that what worked then doesn’t now.
Maybe you’re living out other people’s convictions, beliefs or behaviors and they fit about as good as Saul’s armor on little David!
It could be borrowed prayer because we don’t pray ourselves or borrowed knowledge because we don’t read God’s word enough ourselves.
Yet, Elisha asks a question that changes everything, don’t miss it v. 6-7. It gets our power back.
“Where fell it?” When things aren’t progressing, it might be your past. Where did things go bad? When did you lose spiritual, relational, or will-power? Identify the place things changed.
When we’re honest about what’s “back there” and “go there” God will be there. His hand will be out, His grace sufficient, and he can make the answer swim when hope feels sunk. He can and does.
When you’re honest with God and revisit where things fell off you’ll be amazed at the hurts that heal, the regrets removed, and how quickly you can recover power to move forward.
We can’t change the past, but we can be freed from its chains, recover from its pain, and respond differently going forward. Maybe it’s time to revisit Calvary and make sure “it is finished”.
Ask God to show you what’s back there somewhere, what’s borrowed that doesn’t belong any longer, and the place things fell off. Then go there, meet with Him and recover your power.
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