Lay it all down at the foot of the cross.
This is the Millennium Cross in Skopje, Macedonia.The Millennium Cross is a 66-meter tall cross situated on the top of the Vodno Mountain in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. It was constructed to serve as a memorial of 2,000 years of Christianity in Macedonia and the world.
There have been a lot of things that have been holding me back and not allowing me to truly feel and experience joy.
My team has spoken some hard things into my life and I chose not to listen to them at the time because I was not seeing what they were seeing. I thought I knew what joy was and was experiencing it. But the Lord was telling me otherwise.
Joy is something I want to fully encompass. I want to feel this fully the way God intended it to be felt.
A squad mate wrote a blog the other day and it really spoke to my heart. You can read it here. She spoke of laying things down at the foot of the cross.
I felt a long pull in my heart to do this but not just write it out. Here in Skopje there is a Millennium cross.
God asked me to go there and do this with him. At first I wanted someone to go with me but I wouldn’t talk to them. Then the Lord was asking me if I thought he was enough and if I could do this with Him and him alone. My friend ended up not being able to go with me and I was perfectly ok with it knowing that I was being obedient to what God wanted.
I sat off on the adventure alone. I found the bus. Once at the top I rode the cable cars up to the cross. It was breathtakingly beautiful. At the top it was really windy. I knew the Holy Spirit was with me on this.
I sat down at a table and started making a list of things I needed to lay at the foot of the cross. When I was finished, I prayed and then went to find a spot kind of out of the public eye. I needed to burn this list. I found a spot and then started to light it up. (Don’t worry I didn’t start a wild fire or anything)
Once you go through the fire you come out on the other side refined. I really like this piece of the paper. There is no way I could have cut it out so beautifully. I am beyond thankful for the things the Lord is doing in my heart and what is to come out of the next month.
The Lord is asking me to lay these things down so that I can start to find my joy. Find the joy that makes you change your day every moment. To focus on the Lord and not the circumstances that try to steal my joy.
What things is the Lord asking you to lay down. What can you leave to continue taking off your old self and walking in your new self?
