Breakthrough Fast 2010 – Day 9 and 10 “Let’s Have a Garage Sale!”

Terah took his son Abram...and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran they settled there. The days of Terah were two hundred five years; and Terah died in Haran. (Genesis 11:31-32)

If we know that God is faithful, why do we settle? I believe we settle because we are afraid to grow. I don’t mean grow physically --- I mean to grow spiritually. That is what happened to Terah, the father of Abram. The bible records that instead of fulfilling his vision and reaching Canaan; he settled in Haran and eventually died there. Is that where you are? Are you living in Haran; content to die there? Has God given you a vision? But instead of walking in your destiny, are you are too busy sightseeing and shopping? Or are you too afraid to risk failure?

The bible doesn’t say why Terah settled in Haran. Maybe he became complacent and stagnant in his walk with God. Maybe he stopped dreaming and pushing towards his goal. It is so much easier to choose to stay Haran. Oh, there are other words for Haran --- average, mediocre, normal, compliant, predictable, safe and the lists go on and on. However, in order to grow (spiritually, financially, professionally, numerically or physically) you have to deal with the tension caused by the pain of failure versus the pain of regret.

To grow spiritually, you have to surrender everything to God. This type of surrender is not waving a white flag and hanging one’s head in defeat. Surrender, in this context, means unpacking your emotional baggage. Unfortunately, most of us create “neat little storage spaces” to hide our baggage. Time passes and we try to forget that the baggage is in the storage space. But every time we move into a new relationship, a new job or new vision, we continue to pay the storage fees. We take with us the same old anger, the same old hurts, the same old wounded feelings, the same fears, the same doubts and the same old regrets that have weighed us down for so many years. And instead of growing into the mature Christians that God wants us to be, we settle for what life gives us instead of what life can be.

I don’t know about you. I’m tired of settling. I’m tired of living below the vision that God has for my life. I ready to risk failure if it allows me to walk in my destiny. In this period of fasting, let’s have a garage sale!


GOALS FOR THE DAYS 9 and 10
- Read Daily Bible Verse for the Day: DONE
- Spend 45 minutes in prayer and meditation regarding goals: DONE
-Daily drink 1 gallon of water: It’s killing me but DONE
- Write blog: DONE