Ecclesiastes 1:9, 11 says, “The thing that had been is that which shall be, and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there’s no new thing under the sun…There’s no remembrance of the former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that come after”
Every question you’d ever ask on this side of eternity has been answered in some shape or form by people in the past.
This reminds me of a quote by German poet, Friedrich von Schlegel, who said, ‘The historian is a prophet in reverse’
By being a student of history, you can identify patterns in the past that will position you for opportunities in the present and future, when they arise.
This principle applies to both your personal history and historical events in general.
History is valuable when it compounds. However, if your memory of it decays over time, it will be useless to you.
Unless you take deliberate effort to harness the power of revisiting history, you will always be caught up in the present moment without an understanding of your roles in it.
There’s a reason the men of Issachar (1 Chron 12:32) were called men of understanding…
May the Lord give you understanding in these things.