When Losing is the Winning Ticket
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (Amplified Bible)
14) Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismated alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness?
15) What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial [the devil]? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
16) What agreement [can there be between] a temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in and with and among them and will walk in and with and among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
17)So, come out from among [unbelievers], and separate (sever) yourselves from them, says the Lord, and touch not [any] unclean thing; then I will receive you kindly and treat you with favor,
18) And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
Have you ever lost something so close to your heart that you didn’t know how you would pick up the pieces and start over again? Did you ever give of yourself to someone, only to have them hurt you over and over again with no regard or regrets? Well, in life sometimes we lose friendships and relationships that are holding us back from the blessings that God has for us. Sometimes it’s because of our own selfishness, but sometimes it’s because of God’s will for us.
I had a high school teacher who would say, “If you show me your 5 closest friends, I’ll show you your future”. The saying, “Flocks of a feather, stick together” has the same meaning. If you hang with dead beats, you are most likely going to become a dead beat. If God looks down and sees the people you are surrounded by, would he pass over you because of the company you’re keeping.
There are some ties in our life that God has to break us away from. It hurts and it feels like the pain will never stop, but we have to trust that God is working it out for our good. Its like if you go to the amusement park with your friends and you bring a younger sibling with you, there will be some rides you won’t be able to get own simply because the person you’re with doesn’t meet the qualifications to ride. Now, this is in no way saying to disown a sibling :o), its to show how people in your life can make you miss out on having an enjoyable life.
Sometimes we have the strength to let go and move on, but sometimes we don’t. It’s in those times that God has to bring about the separation. Whether it’s relocating that person, allowing that persons' true colors to come out, or replacing that person in our life altogether,……………we don’t have the ability to see into the future, but we do have the ability to trust in the one who holds the future in His hands.
So as we come mid-month in the first month of this New Year, let’s LOSE the things and people that are keeping us from our JACKPOT!!!!
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