I was about to depart on a trip. We would be covering 4 countries. In addition to checked bags, I had a large backpack as my carry on.
I saw a Media post that stood out, so I stopped to read it.
I saw a Media post that stood out, so I stopped to read it.
 | There was a cartoon drawing of a man walking with a huge pack on his back with many extra items tied on or hanging off. All I could see of the man were the bottom of his legs and his feet from behind this massive pack. The article went on to talk about this hiker's experience of packing too many items, as most inexperienced hikers do she pointed out. But then it continued to express the root of this |
overpacking was fear.
Fear that they'd get too cold, so they brought extra clothes. Fear that they'd not find food, so they brought too many snacks. And the list went on. Then being weighed down by the heaviness, the stress and pain it caused creates attitudes and this was often what people would see from the outside. This summarized at the end with an essence of shedding those fears, one by one, leaving them in the paths behind, and becoming freed to be your real self.
As I read this article, I realized that there are even deeper spiritual implications. What fears do we carry because we haven't turned them over to faith, even though we know we should?
In the trueness of faith there is no fear.
When God gives His word, we don't need to lug around a "Plan B". Drop the fear, embrace the faith. He knows what is to come and what we have need of, and He has got you.
It takes experiencing Him at his word to better embrace what we need to do and what we leave to Him. And not every journey is the same.
Sometimes He says, take your money belt and your cloke; sometimes He says "leave them behind" - trust Him, even if it doesn't seem to make sense. Learn how to hear Him and trust Him.
Matthew 11:28-30
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. [29] Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. [30] For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. "
We can lay our burdens upon Him for He cares for us (from 1 Peter 5:7)
And then we can pack just what we need to travel light, in the light of His great grace.
Fear that they'd get too cold, so they brought extra clothes. Fear that they'd not find food, so they brought too many snacks. And the list went on. Then being weighed down by the heaviness, the stress and pain it caused creates attitudes and this was often what people would see from the outside. This summarized at the end with an essence of shedding those fears, one by one, leaving them in the paths behind, and becoming freed to be your real self.
As I read this article, I realized that there are even deeper spiritual implications. What fears do we carry because we haven't turned them over to faith, even though we know we should?
In the trueness of faith there is no fear.
When God gives His word, we don't need to lug around a "Plan B". Drop the fear, embrace the faith. He knows what is to come and what we have need of, and He has got you.
It takes experiencing Him at his word to better embrace what we need to do and what we leave to Him. And not every journey is the same.
Sometimes He says, take your money belt and your cloke; sometimes He says "leave them behind" - trust Him, even if it doesn't seem to make sense. Learn how to hear Him and trust Him.
Matthew 11:28-30
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. [29] Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. [30] For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. "
We can lay our burdens upon Him for He cares for us (from 1 Peter 5:7)
And then we can pack just what we need to travel light, in the light of His great grace.
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