Monday, August 24, 2009

Key 9 – Let Go!

Here are two words that will change your life: “Let go!” I was in a worship service a couple of years ago and God gave me a vision of someone in the church. In this vision they were holding onto the past while reaching towards their future. Their face expressed great straining, pain and frustration because they were holding onto their past. A better future was literally inches away, but they could not bring themselves to a place of letting go. The reality was that this person had been abused. As a result, they experienced a lot of pain, low self-esteem and an inability to move forward in life. God had something better for them but they would never get it unless they let go of the past. What is it that you are holding onto that God wants you to let go? If you want to move forward and overcome the pain and disappointment, you must let go. Even when you are not sure what lies ahead, you have to let go. You will never find out unless you do. Wounded Heart p. 83

Some things in life just don't make sense. Why would we hold onto pain? But the reality is that we often let the past define us or keep us stuck someplace. It is funny how we embrace the familiar even when it hurts. God's Word is very clear to us that He wants to do new things and that He has great plans for us but we have to move forward to get them.

In order to move forward, we have to let go of the past. Even when we have been wronged and life has not been fair - we must let go. When we let go, we let God into the situation and can walk in the path that He has prepared for us!

Prayer: Dear Jesus, help me to let go of yesterday. Help me to not define myself by my past or my past experiences. Today I choose to let go of pain that I have caused or others have caused and I move forward into Your plans for my life. I pray this in Jesus name - Amen!

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