So, today was the first time I have flown in over 20 years. I was not nervous about the flight, I am not concerned with leaving the country, I am fine with God stretching me to serve His beautiful daughters and love on them even if we may not “speak” the same language. The thing I was most uneasy about was getting past security with all the exact measurements, weight limits, etc for the baggage.
I have observed many, many people carrying, pushing, pulling, struggling with all kinds of baggage today. And I had the thought of how similar our baggage (bondage) is for us.
We have to try and control it’s measurements, its weight, shifting it around trying to make it more comfortable to manage. We may even “check” some and unload it on someone else; hurting people hurt people or maybe we are pulling it behind us, on wheels even, making it look easy and carefree operating in performance mode and striving for perfection…hoping others never know the truth to of what we are dragging.
We may have baggage stacked on baggage–never releasing and healing from those things that weigh is down and so we just keep adding to it. At some point, the load will become unbearable.
And guess what, even if we get brave enough to ever let Jesus take our baggage, we often go right back to claim it; sometimes again and again.
Gods word tells us where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. His word tells us the truth will set us free–His truth including the truth that we are sinners AND the truth that His grace is sufficient. Make the exchange…let’s check our baggage and travel lighter, in the freedom only He can offer.
This was written in August of 2016.
Marla Geiger 