2 Samuel 12: 15-24

!For many years, I have refused help in carrying my luggage. I could no le go of my suff. !nil
one day I reali"e ho# resric and uncomfora$le I #as carrying so many luggages #ih me.
I never %ne# ho# heavy my luggage #as unil I sopped carrying i. I remem$er a hisory of a
lady ha her &asor helped her $uried her hus$and 15 years ago. '$ou 1( years afer he
funeral, he me her one day a he church and said )ho# are you doing*+ and she said no so
#ell I ,us came $ac% from he cemeery and I can- ge over his pain and sadness. .he &asor
old her you $uried him15 years ago, no# is ime o $ury he funeral service.
.oday passage give us a #onderful inside a$ou /ing 0avid a man li%e any oher man ,' man
ha had rials, pro$lems ,misa%es, errors, failures. 1everheless he #as a$le o ge up a
succeed ime afer ime. 2ha #as his secre* To be able to let go of heavy luggage. .he
pas.
In his passage 0avis ries everyhing in his aemp o save he child, $u i came o a momen
ha he reali"es ha i #as over. .he child had died.
3ven hou no one undersood his change, 0avid /ne# ha o coninue o $e effecive in life 4e
had o $e a$le le go of pas errors, misa%e, failure, pain and $ad e5periences.
I- 2e mus le go of our pas, $ecause i #ill paraly"e our fuure.
6any of you are suc% in somehing ha happen o you many years ago pas and you canno
move on. 7ou canno progress, you canno $e effecive.
2e canno fi5 he pas $u #e can ma%e a $eer fuure.
II- If #e don- le go of he pas #e #ill reurn soon or laer o i.
.here #as lady calling a la#yer o sue her e5 hus$and, she old he la#yer ha her e5-hus$and
#as manipulaing her son agains her. .he la#yer as%ed: 4o# long have you $een divorce*
She said 18 years and ho# old is your son* 4e-s 92.
She go suc% in her pas and for he pas 18 years she #as reurning o a phase of her life ha
should have $een over.
III- If #e don- le go of he pas, #e can- e5perimen :od-s $es oday.
;oseph $ecame very succefull even hou, 4e had suffered $y his $rohers acions. 2hy*
<ecause he #as a$le o le go.
6ephi$ose.he $i$le ells me ha he #as invied o ea for he res of his life a he /ing-s a$le.
1everheless he had a hard ime acceping he $lessing. <ecause he #as sill holding o his
pas. 4o# long are going o coninue o carrying your heavy luggage*