There are some days when what God will tell you to do will be difficult.  It will seem like it has no purpose and no reason.  You will feel like a fool, you will feel like crying, and you may find that no one understands what you are doing, or why it has to be that way.  Sometimes you will get no answer, it just is.  Obedience is doing something, whether you understand the reason or not, whether you want to or not, whether people understand or not.  You may find yourself fighting against yourself in ways you cannot begin to imagine.  Yet it is from God and that is your peace, that is what you hold on to, not reason, not understand, just God told me, so I am doing what you said to do.

On those days, you must stand on the one thing that does not change, no matter how long, or how wide, or how difficult.  It is like that Donnie McClurklin song, what do you do, when you’ve done all you can.  You just stand.  You stand on the power of God, the word of God, and the power of God.  You must give up everything sacred to say yes, to a thing you cannot see, understand or sometimes imagine, and that is the thing you must hold on for dear life, sometimes, over, and over and over again.

What do I have to let go of this season?

What have I grown out of? My daughter is 14 years old.  She is constantly growing out of things.  She doesn’t like it when I tell her that something is too small for her, or something is no longer appropriate.  The same is true for you and me.  There are things that no longer apply to you.  You are growing.  So there are something’s you should hold on to any longer, or some things you no longer need.  Could you imagine a 25-year-old riding a bike with training wheels, or course not, it looks silly.  The same is true for us, at different seasons, there are times when we must change, where we must decide to be the mature ones and move on.  Some times it is our assignments, we must move along so others will be able to grow, for others it maybe something different like the book or devotional.  Pass it along to someone else, and move on to the next thing.  The same maybe true for your attitude.  I love the phrase that you don’t have to accept every invitation to a fight that you have been invited to, you are maturing and maturing people need to do, different things.  You need to grow, and that is a continual process.  Don’t be angry about that, it’s just time.  Move on to the next season in your life.