Take a look at the above pic, remember those? Lol, I haven't seen one of these in so long, wow! Anyways, I'm sure you all know what a Merry-Go-Round is, I don't see them at the parks anymore but back in the day this very toy was what me and my siblings lived for whenever our parents took us to the park. Everyone gets on except the person who has to spin it and once in motion it goes around and around. As a child I preferred being the one spinning simply because I didn't like how it made me feel - the dizziness, nausea, and light headed (still don't like those feelings, one of the reason's I don't do rides at amusement parks except for the kiddie ones).
While it might be fun spinning on a Merry-Go-Round in the natural, it's not fun when one's life is going in circles and spinning out of control, that dizzy, light headed and nausea feeling is nothing to play around with. One of the things about the Merry-Go-Round above is that, there is not control device on board for the riders - you just have to spin until it stops. But if you're tired of going in circles and your life is spinning out of control, I have good news, unlike the physical Merry-God-Round, YOU ARE IN CONTROL!!! You have the authority to get off, you decide when you want to stop going in circles, the control device is in your hands. Stop taking a ride on things that make you feel bad, depressed , discouraged and disgusted. If what you've always done is no longer working or have never worked, then get the courage to try a New approach! There is nothing wrong with change as long as it's in the Will of God.
When riding the Merry-Go-Round as a kid one of my younger sisters would never get off (we all took turns spinning, although I tried to get more turns than the others and they liked it, lol) but she didnt like spinning so she would just there and go around and around until we eventually was tired out (at the same time complaining about ill feelings). Do you know anyone like this? Some folk clearly see that they are going around and around, on the job, in the home, in a relationship, in the Ministry, etc but because they don't like change or don't want to do the labor, they just sit there and go around and around, complaining at the same time about the ill feelings and the end results. I encourage you today, if you're going around and around, then get off the Merry-Go-Round, it's just that simple. I remember when I rode and my younger brother was the spinner, at times he would literally continue to spin not giving it a chance to slow down or come to a halt - and when ever this happened, I would balance myself as I stood and then I would JUMP off, lol. Yes, I would jump off, it was just that simple, I didn't stay in the torture long, I refused to do so, I might have fell in the process and even got bruised up a little but it was worth not having to go around any longer. This is how we must be when it comes to our life, you may get a little bruised up or discouraged as you transition into change but I can guarantee that it will be well worth it because anything is better than going around in circles and a life that's spinning out of control.
Stop doing the same thing over and over again if it's not working, stop hanging with the same people if they can't speak positivity in your life. NO MORE MERRY-GO-ROUNDS, it's time to move forward into the life that God has orchestrated JUST for you! Philip. 3:14 says, "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." It's a New Season, It's a New Day, It's a New Year and it's time to PRESS FORWARD!!!
Much Love in Christ,
Pastor Melissa Sutton
