The Ever-Ascending Cycle

Anyone who has gone through the education system, whether it be public, private, or homeschool, has had some experience with the Bruner ascending cycle of learning. Sure, we've probably never heard of it by that name - and I'm pretty sure that Bruner stole the idea from YHVH who, not surprisingly, invented the concept in the first place.

The concept goes something like this: we are to be ever-ascending as we move through the cycles of life (some people call them seasons of life.)

On YHVH's calendar that involves His Sabbaths, festivals, the new moons - those are all integral to our cycles of life as they are "shadows" (prophetic pictures) of what is to come. As we go through these cycles of life, if we fail to gain elevation (learn our lessons), we end up digging ruts for ourselves. (On person aptly likened this concept to a scratch in a record... but not many are familiar with the analogy these days.) As we practice the Lord's calendar, if we fail to learn trust, obedience, discipline, and see the love and the future He has planned or us, we end up following a system of works for the sake of works.

We have all heard the adage:  "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." The same principle applies.
This concept is one of the main reasons why some of us fail to embrace or fulfill our destinies: by failing to learn our lessons, or learn from our mistakes, we relegate ourselves to repeating the cycle over and over again. Think the movie Groundhog Day, and the whole premise of the plot.
It could very well be one of the reasons that the Israelites took 40 years circling the same path before entering the Promised Land.

Remembering our failures helps us to not forget, and thus have to relearn the hard way, the lessons that YHVH has for us to learn. Understanding our history helps us to understand how we got to where we are now, as well as what our future holds: it helps us to see who we are called to be, what our purpose on Earth is, and how dependent we are upon YHVH to fulfill that purpose.