The Things That Bobs

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Once while leading a tour to Israel, on a boat on the Sea of Galilee, I had everybody write something they needed to get out of their life on a piece of paper. I put the pieces in a bag and with much solemnity threw it into the water, as casting all those things into the sea of God's forgetfulness. The only problem was that the bag wouldn't sink. It kept bobbing up and down ... a profound lesson. Often we cast things out of our lives and expect never to deal with them again. Then when something bobs back up for a moment, we get discouraged and give up. The fact is, usually the old junk will not often disappear from our lives instantly. Often it bobs up and down for some time. But don't let that get you down. Keep standing in your freedom. Keep pushing that old junk down into the sea of God's forgetfulness. Eventually, just like that bag on the Sea of Galilee, it will stop bobbing, and disappear completely from your life.

From Message #454 - A Tour of the Promised Land