Lay Your Burdens Down: You Can’t Climb to Destiny Carrying Bricks

If you don’t lay your burdens down, you will not make the climb.

Hebrews 12:1 reminds us that we’re surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, so we must lay aside every weight and run the race God set before us. That means you can’t carry everything and expect elevation. You can’t climb your calling with bricks in your bag. Some of us are weighed down by burdens we were never meant to carry, and it’s robbing us of destiny.

The truth is, we’ve convinced ourselves that the burdens we carry are necessary. But many of them are just familiar. Familiar doesn’t mean fruitful. We must lose our life to find it. Letting go isn’t weakness—it’s wisdom. It’s obedience.

Sometimes, the burden isn’t even what happened. It’s the interpretation of what happened. And that’s why many believers feel heavy all the time—because their soul is carrying what their spirit should have surrendered.

Climbers drop weight because at higher altitudes, every ounce counts. You can’t keep packing people’s expectations, old mindsets, fear of failure, and still say you’re chasing God. That climb gets cut short every time. The higher you go, the emptier your bag needs to be.

1 Peter 5:6-7 says, Humble yourselves under God’s hand so He can exalt you. Cast your cares on Him, because He cares for you.

This isn’t about sin. It’s about dead weight. It’s about what won’t make it to your next level. Sometimes we qualify for promotion, but our baggage disqualifies us from elevation. Make the list. Circle the weights. Draw a line through what’s not going forward.

This climb costs. But what’s on the other side is worth every burden you lay down.

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