Thursday, December 18, 2014

Unbecoming BY: KB © 12.18.14




No, the title is not what you think…it’s about getting rid of some things. I saw a post on Facebook that triggered the thought of uncluttering and sloughing if you will.

Seriously think about it, George Carlin did a whole bit about “stuff.” We essentially start off with a very basic apartment, then, we start to do a little better so we accumulate some things so we have to get a bigger place; we meet someone or get married, we add that persons stuff to our stuff and then we have to get a house. We do better as a couple and then our stuff moves to a garage and the attic of the house. We then begin to have kids and our stuff outgrows the house and we have to get a storage unit…

Get it?!!! We work hard to house “STUFF!!!” Now think about all the mental and emotional stuff you house….. feeling rather claustrophobic now?

When I saw the picture that started this whole train of thought I immediately flashed on the Scripture Matthew 7:13 -14 13"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14"For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

We accumulate all this stuff in life and it weighs us down and burdens us to no end. We allow it to distract and consume us until we make up our minds to follow God…in order to get through the narrow gate (discipline and structure) we must drop some things! You can’t take up your cross if your hands are full with your weight and burdens….

Ephesian 4: 30 -32   …30 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

James 1: 20 – 22  …20 for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. 22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.…

We spend waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time talking about “making it” and becoming somebody or something when what they should really be teaching and talking about is how to un-become what we think MAKES US!!!  The grind and the paper chase is just that!


What are you holding on to? What do you truly believe defines you? 

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