I once knew an elderly lady who lived through the very tough times of the Great Depression. I’d often see her wearing a pair of tattered gloves. I wanted to bless her, so I bought her a new pair and took them to her.
Imagine my shock when she opened the gift, then took me to her dresser and placed the gloves neatly in the drawer alongside SIX other pairs of brand-new gloves!
She couldn’t use or enjoy any of those lovely gloves because her mind was STUCK. Fear was weighing her down. It was holding her back from truly living.
What about you? Are behaviors, habits, and old patterns of thinking and acting holding you back and keeping you from being the best you can be and living the life God wants for you?
If you compared your life to a hot air balloon, would you be soaring high in the air and enjoying the view, or would you be barely getting off the ground and feeling stuck in the basket?
Like sandbags weigh down a hot air balloon, the “sandbags” of life—pressures, behaviors, insecurities, and sins—keep us weighed down and stuck in the basket, barely rising off the ground, far from rising to reach our full potential in God.
We accumulate those sandbags and their weight cripples us.
I’ve battled so many things that weigh us all down and keep us from rising. I know I’m not the only one. The enemy would try to have us believe that we’re the only one, but the truth is that we all struggle.
Maybe your sandbag is fear—that you’re too old, or too young, or that you’ll fail. Maybe it’s anger—toward a family member, a previous employer, or someone else from your past. Or it may be regret, self-pity, worry, pride, shame, bitterness, or a whole list of other things.
I want to encourage you. The Bible says to lay aside every weight.
It’s time you released the weights and took control of your life.
Fix your eyes on Jesus and let go! Philippians 4:13 says you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.
There’s potential in you to do something great.
Bind those things that have held you down, and determine that you’re going to rise and shine.
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It’s time for you to soar to new heights!
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