DON’T BE WEIGHED DOWN BY TIME

Philippians 1:6 NIV being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Back in October we looked at the things that weigh us down (link below) but yesterday the Lord was speaking to me about not being weighed down by time. 

He doesn’t want our past to dictate our futures, no matter how far back or how recent. None of us can change what our parents, or others, did or didn’t do, where or how we were raised, or what we did or didn’t have. God has brought us this far and He won’t abandon us now and we have so much for which to be thankful. 😊

Then I felt Him say not to be weighed down with our present, no matter how hard the people or circumstances may be. God is reminding us that we belong to Him and He has promised to provide our emotional stability, our spiritual stability and our physical needs as well. He is our very ‘present’ help in trouble. Right now, right here. He says as we draw near to Him so He draws near to us in our present, to be all we need Him to be, whatever that may be.😊

Then He said not to be weighed down with the thought of our futures either. It could be easy to be fearful concerning the way things are going. Will I have enough money, what if I struggle in my health? What if I’m all alone? God knows all the thoughts that go through our minds, and He’s constantly telling us not to be afraid because He is watching over us now and forever. In other words He has already gone ahead into our futures and provided for us.

God is reminding us to stay close to Him, to enter His rest, that place of trusting Him because our past is forgiven, our present is wrapped in His love and our futures are all known and provided for by our loving Father. 

So let’s give Him our past, our present, and our futures and say with Paul…

2 Timothy 1:12 NIV I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 

Thank You Lord. Amen.

Link to October 3rd:  https://myberrythoughts.blogspot.com/2025/10/whats-weighing-you-down.html

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