BE THE CHANGE BY LETTING GO

Sometimes in our lives we get accustomed to doing things
a certain way – same thing day in and day out. We become
complacent and change becomes a distant idea;
moving further and further away from us each day. Soon
it becomes easier to keep doing things as we have always
done them. And believe it or not, that complacency,
that feeling of being stuck, often comes directly from the
people in our lives. Some people require you to deposit,
deposit, deposit; and pretty soon you start feeling weary.
You have allowed them to withdraw so much, it has left
you empty. So in todays Be The Change, I want to talk
about learning when its time, like Elsa in Frozen to just
“Let It Go”.
In this life, we are called to be in community and relationships
with other people. But sometimes those relationships
can become unbalanced when you give, give, and
give even more, without receiving. It stands to reason
that, at some point, you are going to give until there is
nothing left. And that person you have been feeding, will
simply find another person to prey upon. So we have to
evaluate our friendships and the relationships with “the
people we do life with”. We are called to, as I said before,
be in community with each other. Where I am weak you
are strong and where I am strong you are weak. WE are
called to build each other up and work together for God’s
purpose. When our good hearts and wanting to help people
lead us into toxic friendships and relationships with
people who are that needy and have nothing to give, we
have to be OK with understanding the call that God has
on our lives and know that we cannot take everybody with
us. It may be family members, really good friends that
you grew up with, and the list could go on. If people are
not adding to you, and helping you go in the way the Lord
is leading you, then you risk not only your plan but God’s
plan for you.
You have to make up your mind what you are doing
and where God is taking you. Once you have done that,
you can see who in your life is a distraction; leading you
way from your path and sapping your energy for life. Because
just like God has a plan for you, the Enemy does
as well. And he will put imposters in your life to send you
the long way round; road blocks and obstacles in you life
to keep you from the plan God has for you. One of the
most powerful tools the Enemy
uses, is people. And the closer
they are to you, the longer they
have been “attached” to you,
the bigger the distraction they
become. People are very influential,
manipulative, and devious.
In the beginning you may
not realize the drain they have
on you but over time a person’s
true colors will show. And when
they do, believe them. Because
the first thing we try to do is justify
their actions and make excuses
for them. We let them back in and they do it again.
So I’m not telling you to start cutting people out of your
life. But what I am saying is evaluate your relationships
with the people close to you. Don’t get me wrong, and
think I am saying only deal with people who can do for
you, because that is not what I am conveying here. What
I am saying is, do not be a doormat and a financial or
emotional ATM because that is a trap. You work hard for
everything you have – your possessions, your faith, and
God is telling us to be a good steward over the things he
has placed in our possession to oversee. Remember “He
who is faithful in the small things, God will make him ruler
over much. But he who is unjust in even the least, he will
be unjust in much.”
So my encouragement to you today is this. Do some
self-evaluation in your life and look closely at the people
around you and why they are there. Maybe you are not
where you want to be because people are holding you
down and you are not even realizing it. God wants to take
you places but you have to realize the places he is taking
you, everyone cannot go. And I believe when you get that,
you will be well on your way. Be The Change You Want
To See  Let it go…………. let it go………………… let it go.