What’s Holding You Back?
On Sunday we were going through Colossians, where we learned about all the fulness of the Godhead living in Christ, and then Christ living in us – so we are complete in Him.
The thing that spoke to me the most was that therefore we shouldn’t be held back by anything – Christ is in us!
A lot of people are held back by their past – things that have happened to them in the past that have traumatised them or affected them in different ways.
Other people are held back by their future, when they worry about it.
For me right now I am probably more often held back by the present. Subconsciously I think my brain says to myself that because the children are young, I’m homeschooling and it’s such a busy time, I can’t possibly do all that I’m supposed to do.
That is true to a certain extent, like I don’t think I will ever be able to keep the house tidy and clean all day long while there are young children around!
But when it comes to doing what God has called us to do, we can do it because we are complete in Him, no matter what the circumstances surrounding us are.
We may not be able to live up to other people’s expectations, but we are able to do God’s will. So we need to find out what He wants us to do and go for it.
We mustn’t let our circumstances or what we feel about ourselves or anything else get in the way because we are complete in Him – we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us!
Christ is filled with God, and if we have trusted in Christ for salvation we are filled with Christ.
