The Promised Land

The Promised Land…

Once, while on a tour to Israel, on a boat on the Sea of Galilee, the leader had everybody write something they needed to get out of their life on a piece of paper. He then put the pieces in a bag and, with much solemnity, threw it into the water, casting all those things into the sea of God’s forgetfulness.

The only problem was that the bag wouldn’t sink. It kept bobbing up and down … a profound lesson. Often, we cast things out of our lives and expect never to deal with them again. Then, when something bobs back up for a moment, we get discouraged and give up.

The fact of life is, usually, the old junk will not often disappear from our lives instantly. Often, it bobs up and down for some time. But don’t let that get you down.

Keep standing in your freedom. Keep pushing that old junk down into the sea of God’s forgetfulness. Eventually, just like that bag on the Sea of Galilee, it will stop bobbing and disappear completely from your life.

Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7

Today, push that old habit or sin down into the sea of forgetfulness and stand firm in your freedom.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed 🙏🏼