Sunday, March 07, 2010
Flying High
If you want to fly at a higher altitude, you will need to check your "baggage.”
Scripture:
Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:1-2 (New International Version)
Have you ever packed for a trip and over packed? Or, worse yet, you try to save a few dollars by attempting to take all of your luggage onboard with you? Sometimes, this is not possible and you will be forced to check your bags anyway.
Periodically, we hear news reports about airplanes that crashed because they were overloaded. Even though the FAA has set certain guidelines on weight capacity for all aircrafts, there are those who think they can ignore them and still be able to soar up into the skies. However, what they soon discover is that their flights will begin to experience difficulties and their aircrafts will not respond in ways that they should.
Unfortunately, many of us don’t adhere to some of those same guidelines when it comes to our own lives. We continually over pack and drag the same old luggage around with us from place to place. You know what luggage I am talking about. Disappointment, anger, low self-esteem, and the list goes on and on.
What many of us often fail to realize is that so often we allow our past hurts, our sins, negative relationships, negative situations, and negative people to climb into the bags that we carry with us each and every day.
We allow circumstance and situations to become a weight that we put in the bags that we call our lives. We allow fear and doubt to become like a rock around our necks. We allow our lack of faith to become a heavy object that we place in the bags of our lives that we continue to carry.
In order for each of us to be able to soar high and reach that rock that is higher than I, we must first learn to, check our baggage.
Be Blessed
Prayer:
Father, we come to You this day in humble submission. We ask Lord, that You would help us to realize and recognize to put down those things that are weighing us down and preventing us from truly following Your word. Lord, we come this day placing our all on the altar. We come sacrificing ourselves as in the days of old. We have nothing to truly give You, but ourselves. Help us to become a living sacrifice. Allow something that we may do or say this day to encourage someone to seek Your face and Your word. Help us Lord to walk just a little closer to thee. Father, we come thanking You that You have given us this new day with new opportunities to draw nearer to thee. We give You praise, honor, and glory. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
Scripture:
Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:1-2 (New International Version)
Have you ever packed for a trip and over packed? Or, worse yet, you try to save a few dollars by attempting to take all of your luggage onboard with you? Sometimes, this is not possible and you will be forced to check your bags anyway.
Periodically, we hear news reports about airplanes that crashed because they were overloaded. Even though the FAA has set certain guidelines on weight capacity for all aircrafts, there are those who think they can ignore them and still be able to soar up into the skies. However, what they soon discover is that their flights will begin to experience difficulties and their aircrafts will not respond in ways that they should.
Unfortunately, many of us don’t adhere to some of those same guidelines when it comes to our own lives. We continually over pack and drag the same old luggage around with us from place to place. You know what luggage I am talking about. Disappointment, anger, low self-esteem, and the list goes on and on.
What many of us often fail to realize is that so often we allow our past hurts, our sins, negative relationships, negative situations, and negative people to climb into the bags that we carry with us each and every day.
We allow circumstance and situations to become a weight that we put in the bags that we call our lives. We allow fear and doubt to become like a rock around our necks. We allow our lack of faith to become a heavy object that we place in the bags of our lives that we continue to carry.
In order for each of us to be able to soar high and reach that rock that is higher than I, we must first learn to, check our baggage.
Be Blessed
Prayer:
Father, we come to You this day in humble submission. We ask Lord, that You would help us to realize and recognize to put down those things that are weighing us down and preventing us from truly following Your word. Lord, we come this day placing our all on the altar. We come sacrificing ourselves as in the days of old. We have nothing to truly give You, but ourselves. Help us to become a living sacrifice. Allow something that we may do or say this day to encourage someone to seek Your face and Your word. Help us Lord to walk just a little closer to thee. Father, we come thanking You that You have given us this new day with new opportunities to draw nearer to thee. We give You praise, honor, and glory. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
