"Once we let go, the next step is to move on. We can let go of something, then spend the rest of our lives longing to have it back. For Paul, letting go of Ephesus meant moving on to Jerusalem. He was not retiring from the work in Ephesus to sit back and enjoy life. No, he was letting go of one challenge to take up another. Though Paul knew that hardship and imprisonment awaited him in Jerusalem, he also knew that it was where God wanted him to be.
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We say, "If only God spoke as clearly as he did to the people of old, I would not have any problem obeying." Really? The Bible spells out many of God's commands in black and white print, yet we have a problem going by them. The issue is not clarity but willingness. We cannot move on unless we are first willing to let go. Once we release what is holding us back, moving on becomes a natural next step.
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The future always looks frightening. Paul looked to Jerusalem and described the prospect in bleak terms. Yet he rather preferred to be in the will of God with all its attendant troubles, than to be outside the will of God. Setting our face towards the place of God's will does not guarantee us a smooth passage there. Finding our rendezvous with God's destiny does not promise us a life of ease. But obedience to God does offer us a sense of "fit", knowing we are where God wants us to be. "
-David W.F.Wong "Finishing Well: Closing Life's Significant Chapters"
Rings a bell. Strikes a chord. I am perhaps, a "fitted misfit".
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