Good morning my friends.
So here’s the thing… this one spoke to me before it ever spoke to anyone else.

As I was reading Scripture, I couldn’t shake this quiet nudge in my spirit — that so many of us are carrying things God never actually asked us to carry. We’ve lived with them for so long that they’ve almost become part of the furniture of our lives.

Things like sickness.
Lack.
Emotional heaviness.
Fear.
Constant struggle.
A sense of “this is just how it is now.”

We haven’t chosen them. We don’t celebrate them.
But somewhere along the way… we’ve normalised them.

In 1 Samuel 7:3, Samuel speaks to the Israelites and says:
“If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods among you and serve Him only.”

Now listen — the Israelites weren’t bowing down and singing songs to these “foreign gods.” They had simply allowed things into their lives that didn’t belong there anymore. They had adjusted. Adapted. Learnt to live with them.

And you see, my friends… we do the same.

We adjust our routines around pain.
We plan our lives around limitation.
We manage our expectations because disappointment feels safer than hope.
And slowly, without realising it, we stop believing that God can actually remove the thing.

Not because we don’t love Him — but because trusting Him fully feels risky.

But here’s the truth we need to come back to:
God hasn’t changed.

Hebrews 13:8 reminds us:
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

The same God who healed.
The same God who provided.
The same God who restored.
The same God who delivered.

He hasn’t lost His power.
He hasn’t lowered His standards.
He hasn’t quietly decided that this generation should just “cope.”

So maybe the issue isn’t that God can’t move…
Maybe it’s that we’ve learnt to live with things He never intended to stay.

And this isn’t about guilt. Or shame. Or striving harder.
This is about returning honestly.

Saying, “Lord, I didn’t even realise when this became normal for me — but I don’t want to carry it anymore.”

That’s where freedom begins.

So this week, don’t rush. Don’t perform. Don’t overthink it.
Just sit with Him.

Ask Him one simple, brave question:

“Lord, what have I learned to live with that You want to remove?”

And then listen.

Prayer
Father God,
I come back to You just as I am — no pretending, no hiding.
Show me the things I’ve accepted that don’t belong in my life.
Give me the grace to release them and the courage to trust You again.
I return to You with my whole heart.
Amen.

We’ll take this journey gently, together.
No shame. No pressure. Just returning.

Much love 🤍