Saying goodbye is never easy. Whether you’re waving farewell to a close friend who’s moving away or giving up on a lifelong dream. It’s almost impossible to give up. I think God wired us this way for those times when giving up is not an option. But there are some things we do need to give up on and say goodbye to:
-Old mindsets that no longer serve us
-Ties to relationships or behaviors that are causing us great pain
-Identities that keep us stuck and damage our relationships
Giving up on or letting go of a life that no longer serves us or God well, to follow after true life and joy, like Jesus offers, is the call he’s issuing to us in the passage in Matthew 16.
It sounds simple, but it’s anything but easy. Our old man, or flesh, hangs onto things for dear life, but the Spirit in us is always calling us to live in truth. This is actually what it means to worship in spirit and truth (John 4: 23). Worship is not about a song, it’s about a life that says goodbye to our old way of living to walk in new life filled with the Spirit and governed by the truth of God’s Word. To give up our own way and follow His way! That is pure worship.