9/22 Strings

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. (Heb. 11:15)

“Truly” it is so, if they had a “mind full” of the country from which they left, there would be a constant pull alluring them back, as strings tied to their feet, tugging constantly at them to bring them back to the old ways. We see an example of this when the Israelites wondered aimlessly in the wilderness, and desired to return to the “leeks” of Egypt. They did not consider what they had been delivered from, but had their minds, and hearts set on the prosperity of Egypt. We need a departure from the “old man” of our flesh, but also a mental departure from the old ways of life. We need to let go of the old life, and begin a new walk in the new Life.

Consider Lot’s wife, in Genesis 19:26, she looked back, her heart was still there. Physically, she had left, but she had no desire to find that city “whose builder and maker is God” (Heb. 11:10), a city of foundation. It is sad to see the look on some faces during testimony time, and the teary eyed stare of those who, in the veil of testifying, re-live the past life, and seem to say with their heart, “Those were the good old days.” These are invisible strings that need to be cut, snipped with the scissors of grace, and left in the mire of the past. These strings will become cords, and then cables, and soon we will find ourselves, as Lot did, living in Sodom, and abandoning those good things the Lord has provided for us.
Loose the strings of bondage, my friend, though they be mental strings now, they will become physical forces later on. We need to renew our minds daily in the Word of God.

Are you holding on to something precious to you from the old life, and the old ways? Let it go! Give it to Jesus on the altar of His grace, and seek the purging of your mind as mentioned in Romans 12: 2. It may be a home, that reminds you of the so-called “good times” of a past life, or the music you listen to;
Memories linger, they have a way of popping up unexpectedly, but we need to consider them to be dangerous, they have strings attached. Memories will destroy our lives, and testimonies, if we are not aware, and careful to “cut the strings” of the past. You can do it, remember Phil. 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” and this will definitely strengthen you to walk a closer walk with the Lord.