Luke 17:32 — “Remember Lot’s wife.”
- The Cross Calls You Forward, Not Backward
When Jesus went to the cross, He wasn’t just dying—He was opening a new path. The cross is a dividing line between your past and your future.Lot’s wife escaped Sodom physically, but her heart was still tied to it. When she looked back, she rejected her deliverance.
👉 The cross delivers you out of sin, bondage, and your old life—but you must not look back with desire.
Key Insight:
You can leave a place, but if the place hasn’t left you, you’re still bound.
- Looking Back Cancels Forward Grace
The power of the cross is forward-moving grace—it pushes you into new life, new identity, new purpose.
Lot’s wife looked back and became a pillar of salt—a symbol of stagnation and lost destiny.
👉 When Jesus said “Remember Lot’s wife,” He was warning:
Don’t let nostalgia for your past destroy your future in God.
The Cross Says:
Your past is forgiven
Your chains are broken and your future is open
But looking back in longing can freeze your progress.
- The Cross Demands Total Surrender
Jesus didn’t die for partial transformation—He died for complete surrender.
Lot’s wife obeyed outwardly but disobeyed inwardly.
👉 The cross is not just about coming out—it’s about letting go.
Galatians 2:20
“I have been crucified with Christ…”
This means:
Your old desires
Your old identity
Your old attachments
…must stay on the cross.
Key Takeaway
You cannot carry your past and your cross at the same time.
One must drop.
Prayer:
Lord Jesus,
By the power of Your cross, deliver me completely.
Break every attachment to my past. Give me the grace to move forward without looking back. Let nothing in my heart compete with my destiny in You.
I fix my eyes on You and not on where You brought me from in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Makaya’s sch of Prophetic Ministry
Rev. Timothy Afful
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