Let Go and Let God

Dewayne Woods "Let Go"

"I couldn't seem to fall asleep
There was so much on my mind
Searching for that peace
But the peace I could not find
So then I knealed down to pray
Praying help me please
Then He said you don't have to cry
Cause I'll supply all your needs."

I can't tell you how many times in a day I say to myself "Let Go and Let God." More often than not, I am counting to 10 or backwards to 0 to calm myself down, while taking deep breaths and saying "Let Go and Let God." Yesterday, I followed it up with "hey Devil, you're not getting me today."

Philippians 4:6-7: 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

This verse just includes it all doesn't it? Do not worry about ANYTHING. Bring everything to the Lord in prayer. Your broken hearts, your bills, your health, your job, your family, ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. Trust in him and be and confident in him then LET GO and LET GOD.

Many of us pray and pray and pray to God for a variety of things. And then we sit back and still worry about what we prayed about. "Oh when will this pain go away?" "Will I Have enough money to pay my bills this month?" "What if?" What? What? What? You can't pray to God and then just not believe that he will do what he says he will do. Don’t be anxious about anything! LET GO AND LET GOD!

I've heard people say, "When you get to the end of your rope then tie a knot in it and hang on." But this is not what we should do. We can't keep hanging on. We mus let go and let God have his way in our life. When we turn to the Lord and allow Him to minister to us, to show us His grace and to comfort us in the time of trials, then we can see that He is working all things out for our good and for His glory.

Matthew 11:28 says "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." When we let go and and let God have His way our pain and suffering will begin to be healed.

Recently, I feel like I've had a black cloud following me around. In December, my Mother-In-Law was diagnosed with breast cancer, one of my dogs got hurt, my husband left me and shattered my world and I ended 2010 crying on a daily basis and trying to find the strength to just understand WHY? The months that followed have been just one thing after another. I was diagnosed with a very early stage of Cervical Cancer, I wrecked my car, my best friend lost her baby, my car got towed and on and on and on.

I will tell you that the trials have brought me closer to myself and closer to God. I do not understand them AT ALL, but I've been asking myself this question, 'What does the Bible say about that'?" And I'm finding that the Bible has the answer to all my troubles, trials, tribulations, and testings. It has the all the answers I need. God is working everything out according to His will for my life. THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS WITH GOD!

We do not know what the future holds but God knows what will come to pass and He knows the way through the wilderness. Psalm 30:2-8 says: 2 LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. I SHALL NOT BE MOVED.

God does not allow trials in our life to see what we would do, but so we can see what we will do during that test. I'm still struggling and I still have doubts and concerns and I still have trouble really letting go and letting God but I am working on it. I'm turning to God in my trials so that I will know God's grace and it will be sufficient for any trial or trouble that I am going through.

Let go and trust Him today.