Not every closed door is a test of your persistence. Some are God’s protection. Some are his mercy in disguise. There’s a difference between holding on in faith and holding on out of fear — and if something in your life has been feeling more like a burden than a blessing, these signs might be exactly what your spirit needed to hear today.

Signs You’re Holding Onto Something God Already Released You From:

• the peace left a long time ago, but you’re still trying to force it
• you keep praying for clarity about something God already answered
• you’re exhausted from carrying what he’s no longer asking you to carry
• the door closed, but you’re still sitting in front of it
• you feel obligated to stay in something that no longer has his presence

you keep asking for a sign when he’s already shown you multiple times

– Jacqueline Whitney

• you’re defending a connection he’s been trying to remove
• you keep asking for a sign when he’s already shown you multiple times
• you’re holding onto the promise but ignoring that the season changed
• you feel guilty for wanting to let go, even though staying drains you
• you’re more afraid of the ending than honest about why it needs to end

• you keep trying to resurrect what he already laid to rest
• you’re fighting for something he’s no longer blessing
• you know in your spirit it’s over, but you won’t admit it out loud

Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.