The story is told of a Spanish sailor named Cortez, who landed in the Americas. After landing, he ordered the ships to be burned. There was no going back. They were there to stay.
How often do we make a decision to let go but still find ourselves clinging to the old way. Holding onto things “just in case” it doesn’t work out. Never fully committing. Never completely letting go.
It’s the woman on a diet who holds onto her “fat pants” just in case.
It’s the newly married man who keeps the number of an old girlfriend in his phone, just because.
It’s the teenager who gets the answers to the test. She doesn’t intend to use it but just in case she hasn’t had time to study . . .
It’s the betrayed friend who hangs onto the bitterness, justifying her right to hold onto it. It’s the father who refuses to forgive a wayward son because he’s done it one to many times before. . .
Never really ALL IN.
Recently I have found myself on this journey of letting go of a stronghold in my own life. And I’ve realized I can’t cling to the old if I truly want to move on. I’ve got to “Burn my Ships!”
There’s no going back. No secret out. No straddling the fence. It has to be ALL or nothing.
And then the fear sets in and the lies become louder than the truth. What if I fail? What if it really isn’t possible. If I “burn my ship” what will I have to fall back on if this doesn’t work?
But in the fear, when we choose to trust, when we choose to listen to truth and let the lies fade into the background, we realize God is greater. God is bigger. God is enough.
And He gives us the courage to “Burn our Ships” and live in the land of the free!
Because this land of freedom is where you intend to STAY, what “ships” do you need to burn in your life today?
Don’t wait. Burn your ship. Step out in faith. Make a clean break. God promises to meet you there.
Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, “Salvation comes from the Lord.” Jonah 2.8-9
Spilling His grace,
kristi
Grace Spilled Over 
2 thoughts on “Burn Your Ships”
Carol Peterson
Oh Kristi, you ARE all in! You are such an encouragement to me! I’m encouraged in my own journey to “burn my ships” and so far the journey has been encouraging!
Aunt carol
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Betty Brown
You can do this my dear girl. I know God is on your side and you are continually discounting the lies of the enemy. Thanks for your example and encouragement to me, your mom, to continue to rely on the Savior to give progress and victory in my stumbling walk of faith and trust in a God who means good for me.
Mom
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