One fabulous Thinker

There's a thought I once heard a pastor share about loyalty and letting go that has stayed with me ever since. He said simply: "Loyalty is a liability." That sentence unsettled me not because I didn't value loyalty, but because I did. And before I go any further, I want to be clear about what he meant. It's easy to hear that phrase and think loyalty itself is the problem. It isn't. Loyalty is a gift. Loyalty honors covenant. Loyalty reflects the very heart of God toward us. But loyalty that is misplaced, held past its season, or rooted in fear rather than obedience, that kind of loyalty will cost you. That is the liability he was speaking of. I know this because I lived it. There was a ministry I held onto long after the life had gone out of it. I stayed. I served. I showed up. And every time the thought crept in that maybe it was time to go, I pushed it back down. I called it faithfulness. I called it commitment. I told myself God had called me there, so God...