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in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.   Isaiah 43:19

Trust means "letting go"...

29/2/2016

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       I've been listening to a song by Steffany Gretzinger from Bethel Music called "Letting go."  I listened to her testimony on the process she went through in writing this song and it blessed, encouraged and just plain ministered to me. She spoke about letting go of fear in her life and that got my attention. Fear has been my middle name for pretty much all of my life thus far. I vaguely remember once, one of my music teachers saying that fear was crippling me. And she was right! Fear has been controlling my life ... me, a Christian, a child of God! I know what His Word says: God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV).  Here's the problem: I knew it but wasn't applying it. I guess this is what the bible means when it speaks about being a "doer" of the Word and not a "hearer" or in this case "a reader" only. It's so easy to hear things, to read things and to even agree with them, but what about applying them to our lives?

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       And so, as I spent my time in God's presence with this song, I found myself literally with my hands releasing all the things that I had been holding onto, even fear, the fear of failure, the fear of people's opinions of me as well as sins and struggles in my life. It was easy to pray and ask God to remove these things and deliver me from them but I had to do something as important also ... LET THEM GO; release them and allow God to take them. So, instead of just telling God about them and asking for His help, my part was to actually LET THEM GO!!!

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       Letting go is about trust. It goes beyond faith. I heard someone recently talking about the difference between faith and trust. I realize faith is believing God is able and that He will do it. And this is pleasing to Him: But without faith it is impossible to please Him (Hebrews 11:6a). But trust is surrender; it's surrendering your will, your desire, your way for the problem to be solved and saying: "God I know You can and I know You will but I trust that what You will do and '"how" You will do it is going to be the best way for me. Lord I take myself, my will, my way, my desire out of the equation and trust that You will take care of me. Your love will cover and protect me through this. Even if hurt comes, even if pain comes, it's ALL GOOD because all things work together for my good because You love me. God You will hold me while I let it go and You won't let me fall, or fail, or be destroyed. Lord I'm safe in You while I go through this process, through this season. I'm going to make it.
       YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT !!!

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