BOB PEDEN
We normally think of baggage as bad stuff… stuff that weighs us down and gets in our way. And while it's true that most of us have negative baggage, there is another kind of baggage that gets in our way as well: good baggage!
Good baggage is the stuff that we use to make us feel better about ourselves, stuff that makes us feel superior to others and gives us a sense of importance and identity. Good baggage can be degrees we've completed, cars we drive, neighborhoods where we live, the people who are our friends, the size of our bank accounts, where we vacation, or buildings with our names on them.
None of it gets us to God and to life that truly matters and to life that lasts in the face of death and decay. To gain that, we must give it all up build our lives on the truth that Jesus is the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Jesus. All that baggage is just holding you back.
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