LET GO !!!

Let go...     Genesis 21:10-11  "Wherefore she said unto Abraham,  "Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman  shall not be heir  with my son, even with Isaac." And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son." It must have been very painful for Abraham, when God commanded him, to send away Hagar and Ishmael away. The above verse says, 'And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight!'. Yet, Abraham obeyed God ! He did not delay. He did not postpone it for the next day. He did not argue with God. He just obeyed. I guess he bid goodbye to Hagar and Ishmael with tears in his eyes. No wonder, God called Abraham His friend! We need to salute this awesome man Abraham for his obedience to God! If God is of paramount importance in your life, then you would let everything else go, to keep Him close to your heart. Friend, it was indeed painful to leave the plush office cabin of the multinational bank where I worked and walk into the busy highways of Chennai and travel the bumpy roads of the villages and work in the mission field; nevertheless my passion for God was higher than everything else in this world. After many years of making that commitment, my passion for Him has increased bountifully and not reduced one bit. If we need God's blessing in our life, then we need to unconditionally obey God and purge sins away from our life. There comes a point in our lives when we must deal with the failures of yesterday. We cannot continue as if nothing has happened, as if no wrong has been done, as if we have not erred from God's plan. We need to acknowledge our sins and rectify our life according to the Word of God, not according to our assumptions (mark this carefully friends. God needs a change in our life. Are you hearing me please? If you have been entangled into a wrong relationship, walk out of it. The Bible tells us that when a person gets saved, he turns away from the world. If a bartender gets saved he gives up bartending, he doesn't become a Christian bartender. If a prostitute gets saved he/she gives up prostitution. You cannot be a child of God, hanging on to the old sins. When a man who was working in the movie field got saved, I encouraged him to change his profession, it was a major decision, though. However, he did struggle, he did suffer, but he completely walked out of it. Praise God! Too many Christians want to walk with sin and still be a Christian?  It does not work that way my friend. You can't walk with God and the devil. You can't drink beer and live for God. You can't watch dirty TV programs and still proclaim to be His child. You can't copy the ways of the world and live for God. You cannot serve two masters! WE MUST BE SO CONSUMED AND COMMITTED TO THE WILL OF GOD THAT WE ARE WILLING TO LAY ASIDE ALL OUR LIKES, DISLIKES AND WISHES, SO THAT HIS WILL CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.