Turning or looking back!

Psalm 44:18 says, "Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way:" The way of not turning back is to continue to walk in God's word, doing it his way.

In Psalm 78:41, it reads, "Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel." The children of Israel tempted God in the wilderness by asking for meat ( basically not being satisfied with his provision of manna), and in so doing were turning back from following God and allowing him to lead and provide as he saw fit.

Luke 9:62 says, "And Jesus said unto him, No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." If we look back, at where we were, after we start our walk with the Lord, then as Jesus said, we are not fit for the kingdom of God. Are we turning or looking back? I sure hope that we aren't! When Jesus saw a multitude leaving because of his hard saying, he then asked his disciples if they were leaving as well, and was told by Peter, "Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life" (John 7:68). Let's remember just where we will find the words of life, they are not to be found in looking or turning back!