When our middle child Joshua was admitted to hospital as a toddler I wanted to stay close by his side at all times.
When the nurse came to take him to theatre, I was allowed to walk so far, but when we got outside the operating room, I was told that I couldn’t go any further. The big sign said AUTHORISED PERSONNEL ONLY.
Not everyone can go where you are going
Not everyone can go where you need to go.
You cannot take everyone with you.
There’s not room for everyone in your life.
Primary school taught us to be friends with all.
Starting Secondary school taught us to say goodbye to some that we thought would be friends for life and at the same time taught us
to say hello to some new friends.
Starting work taught us the whole experience all over again.
What does life teach us? That there is a natural cycle of leaving people behind in order to go and grow.
Leaving people behind doesn’t mean that you don’t like them, it just means that you are now moving in a different direction to them. You may even meet them again along the way.
In Luke 8 v 40. – 56 Jesus was asked to go and pray for a girl that is sick. When He arrived at the house she had died. There are all kinds of people with all kind of emotions present as you can imagine.
Jesus only selected a few to be present in the room why?
Because the miracle couldn’t happen with them all present. Let’s ask Jesus 3 simple questions in this miraculous account.
Who can’t come with you?
Those who speak doubt…….they will talk you out of it.
Those who allow emotion to get in the way……….they will hold you back from it.
Those that laugh at you……they will cause you to talk yourself out of it.
If you expect to accomplish everything that God has for your life then learn to leave some people behind. Nasty? No – necessary.
If you don’t, you will flounder and not flourish. You will survive but you won’t thrive.
Remember – not everyone is authorised to go with you to your next destination.