One of our squad leaders Madie asked each of us to write down one thing that we need to lay down; she was wanting to pray over each of those things.
It’s not unusual for Madie to hit us with deep questions or drop truth bombs on us but for some reason this task really stumped me.
What is something that I need to lay down at Jesus’ feet in order for my hands to be empty?
When deciding as a team what our goals are for the remainder of the race we decided we wanted two things: to wholly surrender and to be holy filled.
Yet here I am trying to figure out what it is I need to lay down. There are so many things that I am carrying that I wasn’t meant to carry, and here is my chance to shine light on those things, yet I can’t seem to write them down or even collect my thoughts enough to verbalize them.
So during reflection a couple days ago, I was processing through my thoughts with the Lord and he made it very clear to me..
Fear.
I need to lay down fear.
Fear of man.
Fear of the future.
Fear of failure.
Fear of judgment.
Fear of inadequacy.
I have never considered myself a fearful person, yet here I am carrying all of these fears- I am letting the enemy effect my everyday life and have continued to look past it.
Thankfully after realizing this, I have been able to change my perspective.
Fear has no place in my life.
God resides in me.
I am filled with the Holy Spirit.
I struggle with feeling inadequate and reality is each one of us are inadequate. None of us are capable of doing what the Lord has called us to do on our own.
He equips us; he gives us the strength, the love for others, and the words to speak. Because at the end of the day our flesh doesn’t have what it takes, nor does it want to.
Luckily, I had a squad leader ask me to think about these things and pray over them. Because if I hadn’t I would still have full hands and heavy shoulders.
So this is me asking you..
What is something that you need to lay down?
Something you need to fully surrender to God?
Something you are carrying and don’t have to?
By making the decision to lay these things down at His feet you are creating the space for God to do something new in your life.
