The no Baggage Life

Friday, September 22, 2023

When claiming your baggage at the airport, you position yourself next to the baggage belt and watch for it to come out. When you finally get your baggage, it feels like winning the lottery. There are a lot of journeys in life and usually the bigger the journey, the greater the baggage to bring. But in heaven there's no baggage claim. We're on a journey to heaven. You can't bring any baggage from earth. That's also the way it is with the heavenly life; there's no place for baggage. When you journey to the new life, when you come to salvation, there's no baggage claim for your old life. It's time for you to unload from the past; the baggage of sin, the baggage of old wounds, of your failures, of your regrets, the baggage of your idols, your old identity. Put it aside, because everything is new. There's no way to bring that old stuff into heaven. So let it go. Put away the baggage and get on with your life. Lighten your load. Drop it and move forward. Because in heaven and the heavenly life there's no baggage claim.

From Message #575 - Baggage