OuT Of ThE BoX

Have you put it in "the box"? We're in the process of moving into a new home and every thing that matters and that we want to be representative of us in our new location has to go into...a box. It's unavoidable. If we want it to come with us, it's likely to go into a box. We do that often, don't we? We compartmentalize things and put them in segments, fragments, and partitions in our hearts and minds and we unpack them once we arrive at our new locations in life or sometimes we leave them packed and never re-engage.

Allow me to challenge "us" for a moment to consider this. Everything that we had with us at our previous location is not always what we need to have in our impending location. Sometimes we have to let some stuff go. A wise person once told me that the tools we used for one project may not be the tools needed for the next one. In that same regard, we have to often change our attire to meet the occasion we are in and we can't use the past methods to solve future issues. We have to let some stuff go.

So today, in the spirit of liberty that is in the Holy Spirit, and in the name of Jesus Christ, let's take the time to look at that "stuff" we boxed up and packed away that we just don't feel comfortable dealing with and with confidence, boldness, and a renewed desire to go forward in success and fruitfulness, let's individually and collectively LET THAT STUFF GO!

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matt 11:28-30 NIV)

"Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you." (I Peter 5:7 NLT)