I remember from my youth ministry days an inflatable that I would sometimes rent for major events. It was called a bungee run. The concept was simple enough. Two people, standing side-by-side, strap themselves to a bungee cord attached to the back of a long aisle. On go, they both run as hard and fast as they can to see who can get the farthest before the bungee snaps them back on their derriere.
It’s a fun enough game; but, the problem is we often live our lives the very same way. We try to move forward but find ourselves latched on to our past. It creates an endless cycle of hard run…fall back…hard run…fall back…leaving us discouraged at our lack of progress and disappointed that we can’t just move on.
Listen, you cannot move forward until you’re willing to leave where you currently are. You have to cut your bungee cord to the past…good and bad. That doesn’t mean you forget where you came from. It simply means you choose not to spend the rest of your life there.
God wants to keep moving you forward…from glory to glory. But, you have to be willing to move with Him…to pack your bags, let go of your past, and walk forward. Don’t let a bungee cord keep you from where God wants to take you.
Great quote, Ja: “you cannot move forward until you’re willing to leave where you currently are”. So true.
The only real constant is change itself. Holding on to things we must let go of only keeps us from embracing anything new.
Thanks, Scott!