Good morning,
"Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have
kept you—rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the
Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen
upon you!" (Is. 60:1) As saints of the Most High God we must arise [to get up; to set up and stand up; raise up and be established]. The way is by letting go of the things that hold us down or keep us from rising. Hebrews 12:1 says; Therefore
then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who
have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so
readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us." Weights are things that hold us down; whatever is prominent, bulky, burdensome, or encumbersome [anything that hinders, hampers, or impedes our function]. We can run this race with patience when we remind ourselves that we are in a process, getting
more like Him, more and more everyday. Process is gradual changes that lead to a particular result; it is a
series of actions or operations that lead to a desired end. We are all growing from glory to glory and faith to faith, which denotes levels or a process. Notice that we must
throw aside these weights, we are co-laborers with Christ, which means
we must work with God and His Word to "arise by letting go of weights".
kept you—rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the
Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen
upon you!" (Is. 60:1) As saints of the Most High God we must arise [to get up; to set up and stand up; raise up and be established]. The way is by letting go of the things that hold us down or keep us from rising. Hebrews 12:1 says; Therefore
then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who
have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so
readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us." Weights are things that hold us down; whatever is prominent, bulky, burdensome, or encumbersome [anything that hinders, hampers, or impedes our function]. We can run this race with patience when we remind ourselves that we are in a process, getting
more like Him, more and more everyday. Process is gradual changes that lead to a particular result; it is a
series of actions or operations that lead to a desired end. We are all growing from glory to glory and faith to faith, which denotes levels or a process. Notice that we must
throw aside these weights, we are co-laborers with Christ, which means
we must work with God and His Word to "arise by letting go of weights".
Most of us know that our weights are matters of the soul [our mind, will, and emotions] or sometimes referred to as our heart. That's why we are told in Romans 12:2; "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. [or soul, will, and emotions] Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." One
thing that most people
deal with from our soul is regret, regrets cause us to keep our mind
stifled with past deeds, circumstances, or situations. Living with our
minds in the past keeps us from living with our whole self in the
present and aiming for our future. Regret is one of those weights that
hinders our race. Regret is sorrow or pain tinged
with disappointment, dissatisfaction, remorse over a past circumstance,
that is beyond your control to repair; self-blame, self-reproach, and anguish. "I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead."(Phil. 3:13) Here
we find the answer to regret and how to move beyond it. First we must
make a quality decision to want to do whatever is
necessary to move beyond living with regrets. The next step is to do
what Paul did. He left us an outline; he said forget what lies behind
us; forget means to lose the memory of; to let go;
to be unable to think or recall it; to treat it with inattention or
disregard; to fail to become mindful of it; to cease remembering or noticing it. [Now,
a little common sense comes to play here; if you have hurt anyone or
done something to someone else in the past and have regrets, you know
that you have to go to that person and ask for forgiveness and do whatever is within godly reasons to make it right.] Now that that is settled; forget, do it on purpose. Then reach, that is what we are to do when we forget. Reach means to
stretch out to; as to succeed in touching or grasping; getting or obtaining for the things ahead. So, come on, let's throw the weight of regret aside and stretch to the great plan that God has planned for us, let us arise!
thing that most people
deal with from our soul is regret, regrets cause us to keep our mind
stifled with past deeds, circumstances, or situations. Living with our
minds in the past keeps us from living with our whole self in the
present and aiming for our future. Regret is one of those weights that
hinders our race. Regret is sorrow or pain tinged
with disappointment, dissatisfaction, remorse over a past circumstance,
that is beyond your control to repair; self-blame, self-reproach, and anguish. "I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead."(Phil. 3:13) Here
we find the answer to regret and how to move beyond it. First we must
make a quality decision to want to do whatever is
necessary to move beyond living with regrets. The next step is to do
what Paul did. He left us an outline; he said forget what lies behind
us; forget means to lose the memory of; to let go;
to be unable to think or recall it; to treat it with inattention or
disregard; to fail to become mindful of it; to cease remembering or noticing it. [Now,
a little common sense comes to play here; if you have hurt anyone or
done something to someone else in the past and have regrets, you know
that you have to go to that person and ask for forgiveness and do whatever is within godly reasons to make it right.] Now that that is settled; forget, do it on purpose. Then reach, that is what we are to do when we forget. Reach means to
stretch out to; as to succeed in touching or grasping; getting or obtaining for the things ahead. So, come on, let's throw the weight of regret aside and stretch to the great plan that God has planned for us, let us arise!
Love,
Pastor D.
Daughters of Z 