Live life a little lighter.....Shed the baggage

Joel Osteen was talking this morning in a message on the radio about shedding the baggage. That is we want to be a little lighter in life that we need to get rid of the baggage that is weighing us down. We need to let go of those things that are holding us back from being really happy. He said that we can live a much fuller life if we let go of the baggage.

That is so true. If we go around carrying the negative things of life then we are going to be negative. We then will never be able to move forward with life and be happy. We will always be living in the past. We need to live in the present and the future.

This reminded me of a man in a church that had for years kept a list of perceived wrongs that another person had done to him. The list went back 15 years or more. One day the man had had quiet enough of the other person and so he went to the church council for help. The list, six pages in full was read at the meeting. When all was said and done the man looked like a fool. The council members had laughed at him for keeping a this list for 15 years. They felt that it was silly to do such a thing. The person in the church who the list was kept on forgave the man for his silly act and was better off for doing so. In the very end because this man would not let things go he ended up bringing the church down with him.

We need to let go and let God take control. We need not sit by and let what has happened in the past destroy our lives. We need to live our lives to the fullest for God. We need not get caught up in things that will drag us down and make us miserable. We need to live life each day with the purpose of doing out best for the glory of God.

It is just like when I was very upset with a former friend about how she had treated me. I didn't go around carrying a grudge for years on end. I forgave her and felt so much better about it. That baggage was checked.

You have got to clear out the excess baggage in your life in order to have a happy life. Otherwise you are letting the devil take control. You are letting sin take root in your life and choking out the word of God. That is not what needs to happen. You need to let God shine through in your life.

Let go and Let God.....enough said.