Let go of the weight!

Doctor Who fans may remember when one of the characters had a giant parasite-thing stuck to her back. This creepy, clingy, invisible bug was affecting her in ways she didn't really understand, and was messing up her future. Familiar? Yes, we've all felt the weight of unwanted baggage sabotaging our lives and our faith, blinding us to the fact that God has it covered. While the world may tell us that it can't forgive or forget, God gave the ultimate sacrifice. Jesus carried the cross, and the weight of our problems and mess-ups, on his back, so that we never have to be held down by it again. He died for us.

God is not a manipulative meanie who smiles nicely and then uses our past against us. Jesus took our sin and flung it 'as far as the east is from the west' (Psalm 103:12 NIV) because he loves us and chooses to forgive and forget our sin.

So when we, or those around us, try to suggest that we need to pick up that old, out-of-date baggage and carry it around, let's remember that it's not ours anymore. Let's let go of the weight. We've been given a new chance, a fresh start and life to the full (check John 10:10).



So what now? Is there something heavy in your past that you can't seem to shift? Ask someone else to pray with you about it. Ask if you can pray for anything for them in return.





— SCRIPTURE —

'I will ... remember their sins no more.' Hebrews 8:12 NIV
— SOULFOOD —

Gen 1:1-2:3, John 1:1-18