"So they asked the LORD, 'Where is he?' And the LORD replied, 'He is hiding among the baggage."
-1 Samuel 10:22
This is my first and last post of the year, crazy right? Where did the time go, I am still looking around me trying to figure that out. One moment it's the beginning of 2015 and the next, well I don't have to go to deep in that one. So here I am submitting my thoughts in a few paragraphs to say goodbye to another year and welcome to a new.
I don't think of the new year as a time to get things right that I messed up throughout the previous year, I have each day that I am given to live to do that. However, I do get to take all of my experiences of the year to charge me forward into a new year. There is a small problem though, my experiences seem to have caused me to go into hiding, more than I like to admit. I question myself so much I have run out of answers. It's defeating cycle, one that I am afraid will be carried over into 2016. So what to do?
I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from where does my help comes from? My help comes from the Lord that has made heaven and earth." -Psalms 121:1
This is the part where I get to encourage each of you and tell you, although we have these mindsets that tends to penetrate our every move with paralysis, we have help to pull us through and not just any help, but help from the Creator of heaven and earth. We don't have to look to self to solve or fix things, we can look to our Creator. He is the one that will find us in our hiding places and He is the One that is calling us to step out.
As we say goodbye to 2015, let's look to 2016 with a hope that lies not within ourselves, but the One who sees us hiding. Hiding beneath heartache, disappointment, loss, exhaustion, or fear. He wants us to step out, despite our circumstances. He wants to see us depend a little more on Him and less on ourselves. He wants to show us that it's not about what we can do, but what He can do. I guarantee if we step out, we will see the Jordan part (Joshua 3:8) and we will never look back, because the place He has prepared for us all surpasses anything our minds could ever know. So let 2016 come and whatever baggage we bring with us or are hiding behind, we have a place to unload them and a Person who will carry them away.
Ready or not 2016 here we come, baggage and all, and we have our Help.
Ready or not 2016 here we come, baggage and all, and we have our Help.
Father, we thank you for calling us out of our hiding places today. We thank you that with You we can step out and walk the path that You have ordained for us. Thank you for carrying all of our baggage for us and teaching us daily to rely on you for everything. You are an awesome Creator and I thank you for creating us and offering us a life that is made fresh in You everyday. Amen.
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