Wednesday, November 19, 2025

New Testament Reading Plan: Colossians 2

Have you ever tried to walk while carrying too much? Whether it’s grocery bags cutting into your arms or luggage you thought you could manage alone. It doesn’t take long before the weight throws you off balance, and you find yourself stuck on the airport people mover, going in the wrong direction.

Anyone else?

Spiritually, the same thing happens when we try to carry the weight of sin, disappointment, resentment, or regret. Those burdens don’t just slow us down; they trip us up and keep us from walking freely with God.

Isaiah 59:1-2 reminds us:

Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call. It’s your sins that have cut you off from God.

God’s strength hasn’t faded. His love hasn’t wavered. But sometimes, the distance we feel isn’t about his absence. The distance is about what we’re still holding on to.

I recall a time when I would repeatedly replay a hurtful conversation in my mind. I was distracted, defensive, and spiritually exhausted. One day, in prayer, I heard that gentle nudge: “You can’t hold on to me and your resentment at the same time.” Letting go didn’t mean the hurt never happened; it meant I trusted God more than my own sense of control. I let go of the hurt and clung to his arm.

When we release the sin we’ve justified, the grudge we’ve nurtured, or the regret we’ve rehearsed, we make space for peace. God doesn’t ask us to pretend the weight was never there. He simply invites us to hand it to him. Only then can we regain our balance and move forward in freedom.

You were never meant to carry the burden for which Christ died to lift off your shoulders. The cross wasn’t just about forgiveness; it was about freedom. Every weight of guilt, shame, bitterness, or regret was nailed there with him. Yet so often, we pick those burdens back up and try to manage what God has already redeemed. When we finally release them, we experience the lightness of his grace and the steady strength that only comes from walking in step with him.

Let go; not because it’s easy, but because it’s how you step into the life Jesus already secured for you. Winning big in God’s eyes isn’t about striving harder; it’s about surrendering fully.

Questions:
What specific burden, sin, disappointment, regret, or resentment has been keeping you off balance lately?

How might releasing it to God open space for peace or progress in your life?

What helps you recognize when you’re carrying something that God is asking you to let go of?

Next Steps:
Write down one thing you’ve been holding on to that’s been weighing you down. Pray over it, then physically release it by placing it at the foot of the cross or tearing up the paper and discarding it as a symbol of surrendering it to God.

Prayer:
Father, I confess I’ve been holding on to things you’ve already forgiven or things I was never meant to carry. I’m tired of walking off balance. Today, I lay down my sin, my resentment, and my disappointment. Teach me to trust you with what I can’t control and to believe that your arm is strong enough to save me and steady me. Help me find balance again in your grace. Amen.

Series Theme Verse:

Romans 1:20
For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

This post was written by Monique Myers, a Perrysburg attendee and regular contributor to the Daily LivingItOut.