Tag: #freedom

The Freedom of Detachment

I used to think being in control was a virtue. If I could manage the outcome, plan the steps, and achieve my goals – I would be okay.

But God has been teaching me something quietly and persistently: holding on too tightly is the very thing that keeps me from receiving what He wants to give me.

Detachment is not indifference. It is not giving up. It is the radical act of trusting God more than we trust ourselves.

Detachment from Control

We grip control because we are afraid – afraid of what will happen if we let go, afraid if we stop managing everything, everything will fall apart.

The truth is: we were never in control to begin with.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight – Proverbs 3:5-6.

God doesn’t ask us to understand the plan – He asks us to trust in His plan. Control is the illusion that our plan is better – but God is asking us to surrender to His plan.

Detachment from Success

Our world defines us by what we produce, what we achieve, and how high we climb. And slowly, without noticing, we begin to define ourselves that way too.

But what happens when worldly success doesn’t come? Or the results don’t match the effort, or the recognition never arrives?

God is less interested in our performance than in our heart.

Detachment from success does not mean we stop striving for excellence. It means we stop deriving our worth from it. We can work with full dedication and release the outcome – because God sees our faithfulness, not just our results.

Detachment from Our Sins

This is perhaps the hardest one. We hold onto our sins in ways we don’t even realize – replaying them, defining ourselves by them, or quietly believing that they are too heavy even for the grace of God.

God doesn’t want us to carry what He has apready paid in full. Detachment from sin is the courageous act of bringing it to the foot of the cross and leaving it there. It is refusing to let our past failures write the story of who we are today.

My Invitation

This is my invitation to you today: practice the art of letting go and trusting God.

Invitation to an Empty Tomb

We just celebrated Easter Sunday yesterday. In the Bible, there is the story of the women who went to the tomb early in the morning to look for Jesus to embalm His body. They were told by the angel that Jesus has risen, just as He had said, then the angel invited the women to come and see the empty tomb (Matthew 28:6).

In the homily by the priest, he reminded us that the stone was rolled away from the tomb – not for Jesus to leave – but for people to enter and check the tomb. That really struck me – that it was for the women and the disciples to enter the tomb – to see for themselves that it was empty. I am sure they were totally confused to find an empty tomb. Jesus had taken upon Himself the sin and shame of the world, and overcame them. The celebration of Easter is the victory of the Son of God over sin and death. That’s the significance of the empty tomb!

Do we sometimes find ourselves going back to our dark hidden secrets that are buried deep within us, in our “tomb”? The story of Jesus’ death and resurrection is that He has overcome sin and death, to give us Eternal Life. The tomb is empty now – no more sin and death, no more shame and sorrow. They are gone. We are free – our freedom purchased graciously by the Son of God.

As we celebrate Easter, let us be reminded that:

  • The tomb is empty because Jesus has died for our sins and His resurrection has overcome death once and for all.
  • The tomb is empty because we are freed from our past shame and sorrow, not hidden nor buried, but vanished.
  • The tomb is empty because we have a new HOPE in God and His Almighty Power to overcome death.
  • The tomb is empty because we have a God that is powerful and sovereign and love us unconditionally.

As we look up at our Risen Jesus on Easter, let us remember the significance of the empty tomb as well.

How can 10X Be Easier than 2X?

10X is Easier than 2X - based on the book of the same name.
10X is Easier than 2X – based on the book of the same name.

The proposition that 10X is easier than 2X was so counterintuitive that I was immediately intrigued by what the speaker, Dr Benjamin Hardy, was saying in his Instagram channel. In his book with Dan Sullivan called “10X is Easier than 2X”, Dr Benjamin Hardy explained that – 2X is a linear process of increasing your quantity whereas 10X is a non-linear fundamental QUALITATIVE change in your Vision and Identity. It’s not about more, it’s about LESS. It’s a simplification and filtering system – that strips away 80% of your current life that is not serving your 10X goals and focusing on the 20% that is relevant and making an impact towards what you want to achieve. It is a process – a process of becoming a new person.

10X is the means, and FREEDOM is the end – the freedom of Time, Money, Relationship and Purpose.

2X is doubling what you are doing now, but you can’t 10X what you’re doing now. You essentially have to change who you are and how you’ve been doing things. Benjamin Hardy’s journey came at the moment of full commitment – the Point of No Return – where he shifted his identity and energy from avoiding what he feared to fully approaching what he wanted most. He said,

“Make your goal impossible then ask yourself how you can create these “unless” conditions to make the impossible, possible.”

He said that 10X goals are easier and less competitive, as we are out of the majority market of people pursuing 2X goals. We got to be thinking out-of-the-box, be creative and innovative, and be hyper-focus. We are not required to be 10X better as 10%-20% better or difference can produce 10X bigger results. And that’s the beauty of this concept! I absolutely love this visionary idea!!!