Good Morning Sunshine! It’s Time To Unpack What You Don’t Need!

Colossians 3:5-8 NIV ~ “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. [6] Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. [7] You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. [8] But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.”

Journeys, vacations and trips! You have just come back and instead of you unpacking your suitcase, you rolled it in to a corner and walked away. You didn’t unpack a thing! You never even looked at it! When will you be ready to unpack it? Isn’t there something in that bag that you packed that you need for your everyday use? So, why haven’t you unpacked that bag yet? It’s time to unpack, clean the old and get rid of what you don’t need! Just like it is time for you to do this after a natural trip, it is time for you to do this spiritually also!

Just like you have not unpacked your natural suitcase, you have some bags packed from past, that you need to unpack now, do it before 2024 ends, you have 29 more days!  And this is not a time to play like you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m referring to secrets that you have never parted with, memories that replay like a broken record that skips, past jobs, past hurts, past relationships, and past anger. It’s time to unpack it! That hurt is not bothering the one that hurt you, it’s only hurting you. So, stop dwelling on the past and let it go! “Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” Luke 6:28! You have been weighed down long enough by this stuff and you don’t have any room or capacity for anything else!

As a matter of fact, you can’t even take a new trip or move on because of all the stuff that you still have, that you are hanging on to from the last trip! And let’s not forget all of that stuff that’s in your heart! You keep asking God for the new and for more, but where would you put it? It’s time to remove it and release all of that outdated stuff it’s to heavy! Unpack those bags, clean out your heart and mind and get rid of all of that clutter so that when it’s time to travel and move again you will be ready to go!

When you get ready to travel, you will pack your bag, now how I do mine is different from yours and vice versa, but we all have our bags, some of you are light travelers and some of you bring everything that you own! But only you know what you really need in your bags and how to pack and unpack it, and how to face it when you arrive at your destination and when you get back home.  Part of you maturing is learning how to sit down and be still with your stuff and figure out what you need and what need to leave behind. It’s time to downsize!

Don’t you know that the more baggage you carry, the harder it is to move! If you go to the airport to travel right now your bags have a weight limit and if you are over, you are charged an additional fee per each bag (this can be costly, so you need to weigh this out carefully.) What if God charged you a fee for the extra bags that you carried daily, after He told you to cast all of your cares on Him? Let me tell you something, you will never be able to repay Him! So, let your past be your past and walk into your present weight free!

You need to learn how to keep the memories that make you smile, and you ditch the ones that make you frown! Your life is designed for you to encounter God in every choice that you make, so your life doesn’t have to be consumed by the mistakes and troubles of your past. Because if you are always looking back, you will never be able to see, how see to move forward! Stop comparing your old to your new, because if you do, you will never enjoy where you are right now. Let the past of your childhood go so that you can live in your adulthood, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17!

Let me tell you how to make your baggage light, trust God, love and forgive, forgive, love and trust God, either way you do it, it’s going to make you lighter in your moving and traveling as you journey in life! God wants to help you unpack your heart and mind by getting rid of everything that is not like Him, that is weighing you down! Yes, this is what God does just for you, He lightens your load! Today, work on unpacking those bags with the Word of God and get rid of all the weight that weighs you down, so that you can flow freely in the things of God!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Father, I praise and thank You that have covered me and that my life has been secured with You Christ Jesus. Thank You that I am a new creation in You and have I have died to sin and have been raised to life, together with You, in heavenly places. Father help me to live as unto the Lord, to lay aside all that is displeasing to You, and to set my mind on things that are above and not beneath. Forgive me for the times that I have lied and was careless in my speech or partook in any form of double-talk, gossip or massaged the truth for my own personal gain. I pray that from this day forward, that the thoughts that I think will be developed under Your leadership and guidance and that my mind would immediately be taken captive to You so that the words that proceed from my mouth would honor Your Name and bring Glory to You and ridding myself of all things as that are not from You, and that I will speak only what comes from You and the Holy Spirit. Father, thank You that I am no longer under sin, but I now live by faith, and I have become Your child, and a member of Your body. Thank You Jesus for breaking the power of sin and death in my life, and clothing me in Your own righteousness. I pray that I may not be enticed by the things of this world that try ensnare me to be disobedient and I pray that Your Holy Spirit would convict me every time that I may repent in the Name of Jesus. Father cleanse my lips and help me to get rid of every weight that has weighed me down. Father today I want to unpack and get rid of everything that I don’t need in my life, for I want to be pleasing to You in every area of my life. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean