Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Have you guys noticed that hurt people are sometimes out of touch with reality? As in, whatever he or she hasn’t gotten over will weave itself into every conversation you have with them, sometimes without their knowing it?
I didn’t catch this until this past Friday when I was chatting with someone who’d just gotten out of a crazy work situation. It didn’t matter what I asked him, he would detour into his experience. He hardly answered any of my questions. It was like he was stuck in a reel in his mind.
Then it popped up with a family member.
Then I caught myself doing it today when someone’s question triggered me.
Wow.
I believe God is highlighting this to me because it’s critical. I feel so much grace in this season for serious deliverance, healing, uprooting, birthing and transition. But it only works if I participate. I have to let it or them go. As God highlighted to me using my own video, the most important thing is not to get stuck in indecision.
This verse came to me today: “but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead.” Philippians 3:13, AMP.
What about you? What do you need to let go of in the latter half of this year? Is it an addiction? A bad habit? A friend you know isn’t good for you? A personal trait that makes you stumble over and over again? Are you ready? If not, why? I’d like to encourage and pray for you.
EDIT: Oh and another thing I’ve noticed. People (me included) can get stuck in reviewing the past— as if flipping, reversing or looking at it from different angles will somehow yield deeper revelations. I’ve come to see that what God tells us in our quiet time is all we need to know. When we over-examine, information will come and we will think we’re having a series of breakthroughs. However, what we’re actually doing is exempting ourselves more and more from taking responsibility about the part we played and what it’ll take to move forward. All the while, those first, clear truths are fading from memory.
Maybe this will help explain it better:
I thought about what this young man said and I realized that in certain areas of my life, God has done such a thorough work that it’s easy to be present and humble. But the rest? Not so!
Being present is a type of surrender; a submission to the will of God. Humility is the voice that says, “God, even though I don’t like my circumstances, I can admit that I don’t like your plan of redemption either. 🙃 Even thought it’s not something I would’ve chosen for myself, I’m going to work it like I came up with the idea. I’m going to show up the way I would for all the other things I do enjoy doing— with focus, enthusiasm and no excuses. I’m going to let of my past, leave future expectations to you and focus on the right now, which is where you have me.”
PS: I have a strong feeling that I wrote this for someone else + me. Whoever you are, I hope these words find you in time. You’re going to breakthrough and you’re going to overcome. I know it. <3