When I was thinking on Independence Day today, an excerpt came to mind, from a passage in Isaiah (chapter 30, 15-17 MSG):
This is the Word of the Lord:
“Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves.
Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me— The very thing you’ve been unwilling to do…”
Y’all— you can bet I have this one highlighted and underlined in my Bible. This is NOT normal for me. I had long prided myself in being independent and self-reliant. If there was something I didn’t know, I’d have assured you that it was okay because I’d figure it out.
Until I came up against some things in life which quite frankly, 𝒸ℴ𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃’𝓉 be figured out.
Maybe some of you have been there.
Maybe you’re there now…
Maybe you feel like you HAVE to be independent.
Maybe you’ve bought the lie that if you don’t take care of yourself, then nobody will.
Today I just want to share with you that you can let go of that pressure, friend.
Independence is ℋℰ𝒜𝒱𝒴.
Carrying all the weight of our own world (and our loved ones’) is too ℋ𝒜ℛ𝒟.
Maybe it FEELS to much to bear,
because it IS more than we were made to carry.
Jesus says we can cast our cares upon Him because He cares for us. (1 Peter 5:7)
Today, on this Independence Day, I’m not suggesting that this holiday isn’t important. Surely, I value the freedom that many sacrificed for!
I’m simply using this day as a reminder that while independence is good… learning to be 𝒾𝓃 (𝓉ℴ𝓉𝒶𝓁) 𝒹ℯ𝓅ℯ𝒹ℯ𝓃𝒸ℯ ℴ𝓃 𝒢ℴ𝒹 is EVEN MORE freeing!
Whatever hard things you’re dealing with today…
Whatever the weights may be
that you’ve been trying to carry on your own…
independently…
I urge you to carry those to Him!
Tell Him you want to learn how to live
in dependence on Him.
Sometimes when life throws us more than we can handle, it’s a blessing in disguise-
because that’s where we come to the place of asking for His help. ❤️
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Happy 4th of July, friends!
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