Well, 2011 is drawing to a close, 2012 is drawing nigh, and retailers are frantically and relentlessly drawing our attention to their end-of-year sales.
"EVERYTHING MUST GO!" they bellow. "DON'T MISS THIS END-OF-YEAR BLOWOUT! they plead. The deals might be great, but the only thing they can really guarantee to blow out is our wallets as they attempt to blow up their year-end sales records.
All year long, God's Holy Spirit has been nudging us to let go of people, places and things that have distracted or delayed us from reaching our goals. In some cases, God has even told us to give up the goal, itself, if it is not in line with His will. Setting your sights on someone else's spouse, for instance, is a goal that most certainly has to go.
The end of the year is a great time to assess what's excess or what's a necessity. Sometimes, however, it's hard for us to tell the difference, so we delay making a decision. Eventually, though, our piles of indecision catch up with us and demand our attention.
I encourage you to do whatever it takes to make time to declutter your physical, mental and spiritual space. Start small with the things you clearly know have to go, and then move on to the more questionable items.
Sometimes, the thought of letting go is harder than actually letting go. So, don't think too long, just pray and release whomever or whatever is keeping you from moving forward.
Inertia and indecision impair our insight and immobilize our initiative. But, once we simply get in motion, the forward momentum makes it easier to see what has to go and what we should not forego if we want to go far. So, go for it!
Allow God's Holy Spirit to lead you and guide you through your clearance process. Keep in mind, some of us are holding on tight to old things, but God wants us to prepare us for a new thing.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19
What a blessing! God will "even make a way in the wilderness." That tells me that even the cluttered and wild conditions that some of us have found ourselves in are not too much for God to show us the way out!
Maybe physical, spiritual or emotional clutter is not your issue. Maybe you've been in a dry season and you're glad to see 2011 come to a close, but still find it hard to be hopeful about 2012.
Don't worry! God "will even make...rivers in the desert." That's right, your dry season must go! It is simply no match for God's living water. Good-bye irritation, Hello irrigation!
Don't dread your end of year clearance. Thank God for what He brought you through in 2011 and get excited about what's in store for 2012. Always remember that God can do exceedingly, abundantly above all we could ask or imagine!
Have a Happy New Year and...
BNcouraged!
Rev. Karen
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