1 Corinthians 7:31 Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them. For this world as we know it will soon pass away.
It's so easy to become attached to things because they have strong 'sentimental value' or maybe because we worked long and hard to buy them and they 'count' for something in our lives.
All of that sounds very plausible but Apostle Paul warns us not to become attached to stuff because in an instant it could all be swept away. I heard of one couple who had their house and everything in it literally blown away by a hurricane. All they had worked for was gone and they only had the clothes they stood up in. He even lost his job as it was also affected by the hurricane.The good news is they moved to another area and began life again and God very kindly built their lives back up and they ended up better off than they were before.
Thankfully we don't all experience trauma like that but it helps us see how the 'things' we hold so dear can be replaced and the memories which they represent are still inside us so we haven't really lost them.
Is it possible we're holding on to stuff so tightly that our hands are full and we can't then reach out for what God wants to give us today because we're holding on to yesterday?
Philippians 3:13 ...but I focus on this one thing; Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.
We can praise and thank God for all that the 'things' represent. Maybe you think God is not very understanding telling us to not hold on to the past, but He wants us to be constantly remembering this life is not all there is and it is indeed passing away.
Have a look around you for a minute and be honest with yourself. Have you become too attached to things?
Help us Lord to obey Your word and hold things lightly and not become attached to them. And if we have, then help us to let them go knowing You have something new and better for us, not just in this life, but in the life to come. Amen.
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