Thursday, January 8, 2009

Letting Go Faithfully

OK so why the title, why not talk about faithfully letting go. ill start off with Abraham, in Genesis 22:1-19 God says sacrifice your son, i honestly think i couldn't do it, Abraham had more faith than me, and i feel really sadistic saying i wish i had the faith to sacrifice my son, but it is not meant literally, God used this as an example of what out faith should be, God will provide a way out of any situation, we just may not see it at the time, sometimes i choose the wrong thing because as humans were used to seeing a result when we make a choice, when following God on faith sometimes its like jumping down a dark hole that your friend said is 1000 feet deep, but when you finally jump your feet sink in 2 inches. Purely faith. Now about the letting go part, i was always told when God says do it, do it, no questions asked, can we do this all the time, no we have that human imperfection, Thank you God for forgiveness.
Letting go means purely that let go, Were looking at some life changes in our lives, i personally have collected alot of things that i think are great, lately i have seen that these material things are holding me back spiritually, I mean i cant get out from under the overwhelming sense of being buried by my attachment to worldly things. Not that an accumulation of things is a bad thing, but for me Ive have always done this, i collect things that i might someday use but never do. purely clutter. I think we clutter up our lives with so much baggage that is is hard to hear Gods voice telling us what to do. Physical clutter and mental clutter. Worry is a good clutter mentally, God tells us not to worry. Mk. 4:18,19 - "the seed among thorns...are the ones who have heard the word, and the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches...enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful"
Ps. 38:18 - "I am full of anxiety because of my sin"
Ps. 37:1-7 - "Fret not yourself...trust in the Lord...trust in Him"
Hence letting go, trust God, let go of your baggage, have faith and take that jump, maybe its a new job, without mistakes we cant learn, sometimes we make mistakes even in Gods will, he's teaching us. There is nothing that happens that God does that doesn't have a reason for.
So Let Go Faithfully, Jump in, Stop worrying, Stand up to Satan, release his hold on your life, for in the absence of darkness there is only light.

1 comments:

Anonymous January 8, 2009 at 7:11 AM  

I agree....thanks for the post I really enjoyed it and it challenged me...