Limiting the Luggage

The typical vacation is sure to fall victim to over-packing. There’s always someone who wants to bring every item they own, plus the kitchen sink. And everyone else is not far behind. First, the comfort of the familiar is sought and so everyone has to have a pillow. Second, they want all the entertainment, so it’s one big bag of toys per child. Third, it would be a crime to go without your electronics for a week, so don’t even think about it! Finally, those appetites never get left at home, so everyone gets their own special snacks. By this time there’s barely any room left for a suitcase of clothes (which, by the way, is a necessity). What’s a dad supposed to do? I’ll tell you what…limit the luggage! Some things are just better left behind. Do you have baggage from your past that you’re carrying around today? We need to limit the luggage of the past to make room for today…and our future! Paul says there are some things from the old life that should be put off and some things from the new life that should be put on. Those old habits we like to fall back on should be left behind. Those things we did before coming to Christ, which may have been fun at the time, but empty now; leave them behind. Those things that it seems “everyone else” is doing that God calls sin—leave them behind. Limit the luggage. Clothe yourself with holiness…put on holy living. This week, let’s hear how God desires holy living in all of our lives.

—Pastor Dan