Let me Go!
Take off the grave clothes and LET ME GO
We have a pond where we live and the grandsons love to fish. Grandson #6 caught this whopper this past fall. After conferring with his older brothers, they decided to let this monster go so that he could grow. The ultimate plan is to catch it again when it's bigger.
If the fish could speak, I'm sure it would agree and would be begging, "Let me go".
Don't we as Christians get drug down by something that we feel "caught" in and cry out to Abba, LET ME GO! I cannot any longer be buried by this . . .
My spiritual director told me I was tender-hearted. It's good because I have sympathy; bad because I "feel" so much! Negative interactions with people, especially those I count as friends, bury me in a grave of worthlessness and then I lay in my bed listening to lies of shame.
Why am I tending this grave dug by the enemy when a fountain of GRACE is literally running after me.
Recently, I experienced tearing down rather than building up in what I thought was a safe zone. I immediately went to that grave of lies - you don't belong, you aren't worthy, you are less. As I was lamenting and ruminating, God reminded me of this song . . .
'Cause I wasn't made to be tending a graveI was called by nameBorn and raised back to life againI was made for moreSo why would I make a bed in my shameWhen a fountain of grace is running my wayI know I am YoursAnd I was made for more
One morning as I was listening to these words, I looked down and my Bible was open to this verse that was spoken over Lazarus who had been buried in a tomb 4 days:
Take off the grave clothes and let him go.
John 11:44 NIV
Coincidence - never! God totally guided my heart to these words.
Friends, I don't know where you're at right now, but life just is hard these days. Constant spiritual battles, family discord, personal struggles that keep you awake at night and distracted in the day, medical diagnoses that weigh down your heart. The list seems endless.
It feels almost impossible to lift your head - sort of like you're tending a grave!
God, take off these grave clothes - the pain, agony, bitterness, the belief that I'm failing - all the things that make me feel dead.
Please, Abba, let me go - not from Your presence, but into Your presence!
My friends, God wants to us to take off the grave clothes that have buried us far too long.
He wants us to let go of whatever lies that are holding us back from living in the joy of serving Him.
Oh how satan wants to bury us in clothes of doubt, despair, delusions of abandonment, and a deep sense of hopelessness.
But, PRAISE GOD, by His grace we can walk out of the grave satan is trying to bury us in. He did just that for Lazarus.
I invite you to come as you are in your anger, your confusion, your sorrow, even in your unbelief. Keep coming to Abba and beg Him to get you out of where you are spiritually stuck! Allow His fountain of grace to flow over you!
Take off whatever grave clothes satan has you buried in and cry out these words:
Let me go! By God's grace I was made for more ~
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Once again, you put into words a great reminder that God is in control- not me. Thank you for this reminder.
this has been a battle for me many times in my life and everytime my Heavenly Papa brought me through it all!!! . thanks for the message, I need reminded sometimes.
“Why am I tending this grave dug by the enemy when a fountain of GRACE is literally running after me.” This really hit me…why am I tending a grave dug by the enemy. Being able to picture this helps so much. Thank you!