remember that old hymn:
"Would you be free from your burden of sin? There's power in the blood, power in the blood;
Would you o'er evil a victory win? There's wonderful power in the blood."?
God was teaching me a BIG lesson this past week about a burden that was the result of trying to do things my way..
and in this particular situation, doing things my own way wasn't going so great..long story short, i had to go back to my motives...and i realized that the reason it wasn’t working was because i was seeking the approval of men...i wanted them to notice me...and my efforts to bring closure to situation were merely attempts for these people to validate me..
and once i came to that conclusion, i realized that i’ve not only been beating a dead horse, but i’m pretty sure it was tethered to me..and that i’ve been dragging it around with me & wondering why i was so tired..
suddenly throughout the entire week, conversations, songs and my bible studies completely started to confirm that this was the lesson i needed to learn. monday as i read in my utmost for his highest there was no coincidence that chambers said that after you have these “aha moments” (oprah's term, not chambers'....) you should “burn your bridges and stand committed to God by your own act.”
burn your bridges and stand committed to God by your own act...
what bridge do you need to burn? what’s the dead horse that you keep beating? what’s chained to you that you keep dragging around?
maybe it’s an unhealthy relationship...
maybe it’s an addiction..
or a situation that you can’t forgive or move past
regrets
worry or doubt
maybe it’s like me where you keep looking for validation in the wrong places.
whatever the case is:
our God longs to offer us freedom...He doesn't want us carrying around unnecessary baggage...
He says in matthew, "For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”
burn your bridges and stand committed to God by your own act...
"Chains be broken. Lives be healed. Eyes be opened. Christ is revealed."
