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“I carry my whole life in my bag” sounds familiar? I know I have said that a couple of times before, especially when people ask me why my bag is so heavy… which it usually is (lol).
I carry everything and almost anything, my Bible, two different sizes journals, till slips from past weeks (from months back sometimes) throat sweets, gums and I could go on! But really, I don’t need some of the stuff in my bag all the time, for example two journals who writes in two books at the same time? (A girl can only do so much of multitasking).
That is exactly how are souls are sometimes. We carry stuff that are really unnecessary and just too heavy in our bags-souls.
I know I hold on to stuff in my heart sometimes, things I shouldn’t as a child of God,
someone anyone tell me I am not alone in this!
I do, I remember this one time at church, I got offended. Yep! At church! Most of the time I let stuff go quickly and easily (grudges and anger are not good for my skin) however, this one time I held on to the offense, I was offended by someone I highly respect and that sort of became a burden to me, I just couldn’t get it out of my mind and every time I remembered or thought about it, I got angry and I kept on rehashing what I could have said back. I think I started hallucinating (You probably thinking I am exaggerating, but I am not) I started seeing him look at me funny, every time he was with someone, I thought he was talking about me, I was just getting reoffended every time I saw him!
Before I knew it, I was attracting negative thoughts, everyone was just being offensive and looking at me funny. That is what happens when you holding on to stuff you shouldn’t be carrying! You keep stuffing slips in your bag, empty snack packs in your bag, used up hand lotion. I even forget I have these things in my bag it becomes my reality and I continue with life normally.
“God wants to give us something special and big, but we still caught up and holding on to that offense from last year”
Now your spiritual bag- soul might not be holding on to offense like I did, perhaps you are holding on the negative “we regret to inform you” letter for that scholarship, you even stopped applying because you simply think you are not good enough and you are holding on to that, or even a sexual assualt that happened and made you feel worthless. Even when God is trying to bring in something better you can’t catch it because you are still holding on to that!
LETTING GO
I DECIDED to let go of the offense. That doesn’t mean the person left the church or that I had to leave. I had to forgive him. (sounds hard right?) I needed to, because it was holding me back, slowing me down, I couldn’t run with the heavy bag the race that is set out in front of me [Hebrews 12:1]. God wouldn't ask us something that is beyond us, we can forgive, we are able to.
“It’s harder to do what is easy when you holding on things you were not meant to be carrying” Pastor Mike Todd (http://youtu.be/g0-BZNhstqQ)
Holding on to that hurt, that offense, that frustration and that bad relationship only slows you down, your life and it blocks incoming blessing something, similar effect of stepping out of comfort (I have a post on that) You need to empty that bag! Paul says in the Bible: “31. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words and slander, as well as all types of evil behaviour. 32. INSTEAD, be kind to each other, tender-hearted, FORGIVING one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” – Ephesians 4:31-32
Forgiving the guy didn’t mean I would stop bumping into him at church or that I would never have to talk to him again. I did, but I had to shift my focus.
Letting go for me meant that I had to look away from the negative and past and fix my focus on God.
Let us all strive to empty our souls from our past mistakes, the people that hurt us, the relationships that are just toxic that we still holding on to and even that job opportunity you missed.
I would like to hear some of your stories of things you still holding on to that you need to let go! Leave a comment.
God bless you!
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