Unpacking before packing...

Have you ever been running somewhere you really needed to go? (Yes, I am almost sure everyone has.) Now, have you ever been running somewhere, very important, and had a backpack on, or some sort of luggage? Airport... school? Well, if you have I am sure you have the thought of, "Gosh, if I could just drop this stuff, I could get to where I am headed a lot faster!"

This is what God was telling me last night. Except I am running to Him. I have all of this baggage that I am trying to run to Him with, but I just can't do it. I really heard God telling me, as I was praying about this, to just lay it down and run full speed toward Him. Sometime I feel like I need to carry this stuff with me. But, the truth is that Christ already took care of it. I don't need to deal with it, Jesus will pick it up for me.

He gave me scripture to think about.

Matthew 19:24 says, " Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Now, I have never interpreted this verse like this, but here it goes... Rich men are rich because they have a lot of money. Some people are rich because they have a lot of things in general. When Jesus says it is hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God, I think He is implying to some of us that we have a lot of baggage. A lot of unneeded things.

For me, its this baggage thing. I can't enter the Kingdom of God, 100%, if I have all of these things. I just need to give them up to Him. God told me last night, as I was praying about leaving for England, that I need to unpack those bags before I start packing up or thinking about packing up for England.