Letting It Go

There are so many things, which hold us back in life: How we were raised, where we were raised, our educational opportunities, the social/economic class we came from and the list of negatives that hold us back goes on and on.  But the solution begins with but one answer - letting go.

As long as we hold on to the perceptions of the past, we will continue to see ourselves and our potential from that perspective and we will be shackled to a reality or a lie from the past that does not have to determine our future but can as long as we hold on to it. 

Paul said, "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has calked me …" (Phil 3:13, 14).  While we normally and rightly interpret this in light of future reward in Heaven, it's application is also found in the here and now. 

Refuse to focus on all the reasons from your past that say you can't have a better, brighter future. Lean into the future you want and press toward that goal. Stop focusing on the problems from the past and laser lock on the potential for the future. 

The bottom line is that whether we are talking about our reward in Heaven or our rewards on earth, we must let our past go in order to take hold of our future. Letting it go, whatever "it" may be is the key to being released to embrace something new. 

It is certainly most important that we let go our godless past and embrace the God-filled future Christ has made possible through his sacrifice an the cross, but it is also important to let go of the patterns, prejudices and problems of the past in order to move forward in this life. 

Jus' Sayn.