Why are you still holding on?

My heart has been burdened for the last couple of weeks. I haven't really been able to put words on it until today.

God's power and presence is stronger than ever before on His children. It's a Joel 2:28 season and the waters are stirring for those ready to step in to the miracles and the power that God has planned for them all along.

The rattling you hear is God picking up the chains around your ankles going, "Child will you please let go so these fall off..." . The rattling you hear is God putting the pieces together and so desiring to breathe life into you. Oh hear my heart God desires for you to have freedom and to have it now. He wants you to be able to run this race with nothing holding you back. How far can you run with chains still around you? How far can you run still holding on to your stuff, your mess? For those of you reading this right now going but you just don't know what I'm holding on to...I can't let it go. Umm, you are right I don't know, but God does. I do know that He made you in His image and that mess and that stuff is not from Him. Leave it to the One who knows all about it anyways and move forward in Him. You have already tried it your way, you've tried to fix it....How's that working for ya? You can't fix it, you can only give it to the One who can fix it all. Quit being comfortable with chains and a mess in your hands. God made you for freedom Child...

What are you waiting for? Comfortable is lukewarm. Let that sink in.....it's not an easy truth, but it's that the truth. God never planned for you to be lukewarm. God never planned for you to be comfortable. He planned for you to live a life of abundance leaning on Him each step of the way. It's not always going to feel comfortable, but it's yours. Yes you may feel like the fire is being turned up when you take the first step. It's God shifting you from lukewarm to hot. God will do His part once you do yours and take the first step. Take that foot off the floor where the enemy said it needed to stay and step in to what God has planned for your life all along.

You've put a band-aid on it for too long. God said quit covering it up and let Him heal it for good this time. As a kid I remember I hated the peroxide and things it would take in order for a scrape or cut to heal. It hurt and I would rather just have a band-aid. It's time to move past the band-aid Child. God's saying I know this may hurt at first, but if you'll just trust me healing is coming. Let God do the healing...and know that as a loving Father like He is....He's going to be there to wipe the tears as the healing happens and to hold your hand when it hurts. He's even going to be right there to blow on it if that's what you need. God isn't telling you to heal it yourself., He's saying "Let me do it". Hands off child and let your Heavenly Father restore you. As soon as you take your hands off of it, God can put His hands on it.