Hebrews 8:1 – “Now this is the main point of the things we are
saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the
throne of the Majesty in the heavens,”
We had a fun, yet often frustrating game, as a child
that involved the use of a group of participants, chairs and music. The game of
elimination required the arrangement of the chairs in a circle with one less
chair than the number of participants; the music would start and we would walk
around the circle in front of the chairs.
When the music stopped each walker would dash to sit in a chair; and of
course the one who did not find a spot was eliminated. With each round an additional chair was
removed until the very end when it came down to only two who would vie for the
solitary seat.
We need to start snatching the chairs out of the circle
of our lives and eliminating the things that do not belong, no longer fit or of
little use to our progress. What might
have been operational, important, fun or even helpful earlier now is just in
the way and slows our forward movement.
Listen to the melody that the Holy Spirit is playing in your heart and
when the time is appropriate cut loose the fringes, stragglers and cling-ons
that are trying to take the prime seat of our life. When the final music is played only Jesus
should be in the winner’s seat, King of your life.
It might seem a bit difficult to cut some ties and most
often those are the very ones that are distracting you, blocking your blessings
or just holding you back from having true victory in your situations. Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal your
‘chair huggers’ and for the discernment and courage to pull the chairs out from
under them. The Psalm 23:5 scripture
says that God prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies; it
does not say he provides a seat for them.
Let them stand in the corner and watch you progress and God be gloried.
Every day is a good day; it is up
to us to make it a power-packed GREAT day! Be blessed! Dr. JoAnn
This was awesome! Thank you
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