Let It GO!!

This week the little girls in my family were singing "Let it go" from the Disney movie, Frozen, for about 2 hours!!! They were twirling and swirling all over the house, singing at the top of their lungs and dancing like no one was watching. Oh the joy! I have to admit, I did join in [gosh, that song is so catchy and gets stuck in your head!], and we had a whole heap of fun together. I took a step back and watched them for a moment. My six year old niece and my two year old cousin, full of life, full of joy, freely dancing, embracing the moment, loving the journey. They are the cutest little girls in my life and I love them with all my heart. I stepped back and watched them and my heart skipped a beat! They weren't just singing a song, they really were "letting it go"! 

Children are so carefree [sometimes I wish I could be a kid again, just for a day maybe, hehe]. In a world where everything around us is going crazy, literally, these two precious girlies, in their young hearts, were declaring they were "letting it go" and they will choose joy.

I wonder how often we hold on to the things that Jesus came and died for? I wonder if we are so broken about our past, that we can't let it go and move on? I wonder how many of us are caught up in wrong thinking, wrong doctrine, wrong mind sets and wrong attitudes? The fact is , that life happens to all of us, bad stuff seems to happen to good people way too much! Sometimes other people's choices cause us to face catastrophic circumstances. Sometimes we fail, sometimes other people fail us. One thing I've learnt in life is that it's not about what happens to us, but rather how we respond to it that matters.

People can hurt us, and if we are going to be lovers of humanity, reaching out to others, then there is a fat chance we'll get hurt. The question is how do we respond to the hurt? We have three choices:
1. We can choose to throw the hurt back at them. After all, hurting people, hurt people!
2. We can choose to nurture our wounds, or even pick at them so they don't heal.
3. Or , we can choose to let it go!

I'm not saying letting it go is easy. What I am saying is that when you choose to let go, and it's not a one off choice, it may be a minute by minute choice to start with. But when we choose to let go, to forgive, to move on, it brings SO MUCH freedom to our lives. There are so many people walking around bound because of past hurts or mistakes. The human heart can be so fragile, that is why the Bible tells us to guard our hearts above all else, because the issues of life flow from it. I don't know about you but I don't have time to walk around with a broken heart and a crushed spirit, that's not to say that I haven't felt that way ever in my life. What I mean is that I have been called, equipped, chosen, anointed, appointed, and, adopted by the Most High God. Jesus came to heal the broken hearted! Life is short, people our precious and I want my days on this earth to count for something. I am not belittling heartache or pain, I just absolutely know, that Jesus nailed ALL my pain, and yours, when He died on the cross 2,000 years ago. He did it so that I could walk in freedom, and so I could accomplish His perfect plan for my life. So, each day, I CHOOSE to let it go! 

In order to move on in life, to fulfill our destiny, we need to fully, totally, completely let go of all the things that hold us back. Like I said before, 
this is a daily choice, and sometimes you may have to choose it moment by moment. We are all on a journey of restoration. God is restoring the broken pieces of our lives and heart, He is causing the ruins to come to life. 

My prayer is that we would truly, fully, completely, LET IT GO! That we would daily walk in freedom and victory. That our past would not rob us of our future, but that it would propel us into our future with greater fever, greater passion, greater purity, greater wisdom, greater vision, greater faith, greater love..

What is it that you need to let go of today?
Let go of thoughts that try to control you. Let go of negative voices and relationships. Let go of the past. Let go of bad attitudes. Let go of the mistakes you made. Let go of regrets. Let go of bad choices, or the bad choices of others.

We need to "Let go" in order to grab hold of :-)

When we let go of the junk, it positions us to grab hold of so much! We can grab hold of truth, grab hold of hope, grab hold of joy, grab hold of peace, grab hold of strength, grab hold of future, grab hold of destiny.

I encourage you today to forget that which is behind and run forwards with faith, expectancy and joy. For your latter days will be greater than your past.

Your latter days will be greater, WAY MORE greater, than your past! :-)