Are you holding yourself back? - Free Yourself

The first half of 2013 has come and gone and the second half of the year is before us. Hmm! How has the year been for you?  For me, it’s been awesome I mean A W E S O M E… aside the privilege of being alive, God has done so much for me, with me and through me.

Now enough of me…. Let’s talk about you! Yes you. How has your year been?

Do you remember all the resolutions you made beginning of the year? You said you were going to work on your character, build an intimate relationship with God, pursue that degree, relocate, start that new project, get a new job, and get married and a whole lot more?

You remember don’t you? How far with all those plans? Are you living the life you said you are going to live? Are you pursing those dreams or are you holding yourself back from pursing them! The last thing you want to do is live a life full of incomplete dreams.

Six months have come and gone and I want you to EVALUATE yourself. Use the next SIX months to build on all your successes and where you haven’t done so well, do all you can to make the most of what’s left of the year.

One of the ironies of life is that many times, we hold ourselves back from living a passion filled, purposeful life without even knowing it. And usually it is over petty issues that very illogical to reason.
Do you give everything you do in life your all? Or are you holing yourself back in some way, in some aspect of life, without even knowing it?

The truth is, we all have fears but then, we must make sure we don’t allow our fears hold us back from living a passion-filled, purposeful life.

Many things hold us back from doing the things we want to do and becoming the person we want to become and I will just hit on a few of them randomly so here is where we begin...

They won’t like me!
Its human nature to want acceptance; nobody likes being rejected but when the fear of being rejected causes you to hold yourself back at key moments in life you might want to ask yourself which is important? “Being accepted or living your life for you?”  

It’s cynical to think you need other people to validate you, your thoughts, or actions before you live your God ordained life. Never allow people manipulate you through their misguided expectations of who they think you ought to be. Be who Christ want you to be, do what you know is right and enjoy your life. You don’t live to please people.

Procrastination!

Another thing that holds many back is procrastination. For me, overcoming procrastination is one of the biggest miracles of my life and if I could do it, you too can do it. The point is this: if something is not helping you then most likely, it is hurting you and procrastination we know has messed many (if not all of us) up.

The key to overcoming this cancer (procrastination) is DISCIPLINE. And what I mean by discipline is “doing what you are supposed to do, when you are supposed to do it whether you feel like doing it or not.” Trust me it is that simple.

What procrastination does is that it makes easy things hard and hard things harder. You need to realize that there is no substitute for doing the right things. Don’t allow procrastination cause you to hold yourself back.

Un-forgiveness!

 Un-forgiveness is one deep topic I cannot discuss in one single note but I’m going to run through it.

Forgiveness is not an option in life. It is a MUST. Why? Because in life, PEOPLE (even the ones you never thought would) are going to wrong/hurt you. It happens all the time. But you see forgiveness is not for the other person(s) per say it is for YOU.

There is absolutely no way, you are going to live a free and a healthy live without forgiveness. Un- forgiveness is you being in prison without being behind physical bars. Why would you want that?

It time you stop letting situations, what someone did or didn’t do, past guilt and mistake hold you back. Forgive yourself, free yourself and forgive them even if not for anything, so that GOD can forgive you. "For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matt 6:14-15).

My last thought on forgiveness is, just because you forgave someone doesn't mean you need to keep having dealings with them. There are some people you have to love and deal with from afar!

I talked extensively on “reaching forgiveness” in a different note. See it here http://sureboy.blogspot.com/2011/04/reaching-forgiveness.html

Sin!

When I mention sin as something that holds an individual back, I am not trying to be overly religious. I know some people may not agree with me on this but then, this isn’t public opinion. This is purely my thought and I know what I am saying.

Sin is an anomaly. It is a package deal that brings momentary satisfaction but has eternal consequences. And one of its consequences is that it holds you back. Do you know that God cannot bless sin? Read Psalms 1:1-3.

I do not intend to scare you with my preaching. As a matter of fact, I bring you hope. I need you to know that there is NO condemnation in Christ Jesus so never allow your past sins stop you from going to God. God is waiting for you with arms wide open. Just ask for forgiveness, and go to Him. When you ask God to forgive you, not only will He do it, but He will remember it NO MORE.

I can go on and on with this piece but I’m just going to round up here by saying stop making excuses, stop procrastinating, stop dwelling on squandered opportunities, forgive freely, run away from sin and live out your God ordained life.

God has not forgotten about the dreams He placed in your heart. He can change your entire life in a moment. He can make the rest part of this year the best part of the year for you. Rest in HIM.

So are you holding yourself back? – free yourself.

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