Just Let It Go, Surrender!
Monday, April 09, 2007
Relinquish:
1.to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
2.to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan.
3.to let go; release: to relinquish one's hold.
The Lord ministered to me this week that I have to sometimes relinquish the very thing that is troubling me, I have to yield, give way to the thing I am holding onto, I have to surrender and as I was sharing this with my husband, it brought tears to his eyes.
I was telling him how sometimes when things are troubling me that I seem to hang on to them. I try to fix the problem. I try to figure out what I did wrong, or why this is happening. I feel like I failed somewhere along the way and this is a consequence of my action, because I think to myself, why else would this be happening.
As I was seeking the Lord, He spoke to my heart and told me to let go, to relinguish my control, my fix it plan, my guilt, just to let it go and then He would be able to run onto the scene and rescue me. He reminded me that He sees the whole picture, He is aware, and He is the only one who can fix what troubles me. I have to surrender, I have to abandon the right to hang on, I have to give up.
So you know what? I abandoned my will, my control to the Captain of the Mighty Host of Heaven and I pledge Him my allegiance and obedience until the earth receives His glory! And I want to thank Him for rescuing me! I already feel no longer defeated, but I feel the Victory. Sometimes we have to give up to win!
1.to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
2.to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan.
3.to let go; release: to relinquish one's hold.
The Lord ministered to me this week that I have to sometimes relinquish the very thing that is troubling me, I have to yield, give way to the thing I am holding onto, I have to surrender and as I was sharing this with my husband, it brought tears to his eyes.
I was telling him how sometimes when things are troubling me that I seem to hang on to them. I try to fix the problem. I try to figure out what I did wrong, or why this is happening. I feel like I failed somewhere along the way and this is a consequence of my action, because I think to myself, why else would this be happening.
As I was seeking the Lord, He spoke to my heart and told me to let go, to relinguish my control, my fix it plan, my guilt, just to let it go and then He would be able to run onto the scene and rescue me. He reminded me that He sees the whole picture, He is aware, and He is the only one who can fix what troubles me. I have to surrender, I have to abandon the right to hang on, I have to give up.
So you know what? I abandoned my will, my control to the Captain of the Mighty Host of Heaven and I pledge Him my allegiance and obedience until the earth receives His glory! And I want to thank Him for rescuing me! I already feel no longer defeated, but I feel the Victory. Sometimes we have to give up to win!
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17 Comments:
Dana thanks for sharing these thoughts because many of us have dealt with them ! I know that when I bacame disabled 4 1/2 years ago just about every day I pondered the question WHY! WHY! WHY! That worried me so much I got to where I was dreading to see each sunrise come up each morning ? But as I mentioned in one of my posts about 1 1/2 years ago is when I surrendered to God and accepted my condition as it was ! I asked God if I was supposed to be like this just please grant me a few things to be able to do and the 3 things I asked for [ To be able to visit my mom, to be able to do my grocery shopping, to be able to go to church every Sunday. ] Friends HE granted me these things and many more blessings ? You all have heard the quotation " build it they will come " so Will God minister to you if " you will surrender to Him " ! Blessings To All . Ron.
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I was just praying this morning about something and said, "Lord, I believe...help my unbelief!" Thanks, this ministered to me.
Dana, thank you for this post. Due to an earlier comment I shared with you I realized I was hanging on to this situation instead of letting it go. I appreciate your willingness to share your heart with us. Thanks.
Awesome word. Now I need to apply it. Thanks for your sensitivity to the Lord.
This is truly a wonderful post! So full of truth and wisdom. If putting it into action were only that easy. Sometimes I feel like I want to surrender things to Him, but I guess I'm afraid that His fix will not be what I want. I know this is not the attitude to have. I know this from the bottom of my heart! But it is so hard.
Sometimes the act of letting go seems harder then the pain of hanging on, and letting faith take over. We feel that we are able to "fix" any situation - and not exercise our faith.
Great post Dana!
Aye! That is the mystery and the paradox of Christianity: giving up self to gain everything.
Good post!
Wow! Thank you for sharing such awesome thoughts.
We got a big old sock in the gut this week when we found our niece was high when picked her up from school. We have been dealing with the situation, and with her, and trying to give it up to God, but holding onto it at the same time.
**hugs** and thanks for sharing. God is awesome.
Amen sister! Hang it on the cross.
Relinquish...surrender...
Such a great post, such a great reminder!!!! Thank YOU, again, for letting God use you!
Blessings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dana, I don't think we are giving up, we are just handing our troubles over to the Lord to take care of. He knows best what we need and we need to give him a chance to do it. TF needs to just let go and give the Lord a chance to help him with his pain....Sometimes it is not as easy as it sounds, though.
Amen! sister Dana,
Let Go, Let God! Don't let our circumstances, people or emotion to dictate us!
Let us look at the perfect work on the cross & not our own flesh! Many a time, things are so easy but we just want to deal with our own flesh, ending complicating things.
What a great revelation! Thank you for sharing~
What a beautiful thing the Lord has wrought in you.
"Sometimes we have to give up to win!"
How true!
Love you mom!
I'll paint you a rainbow as a gift from me,
Then hang it from heaven for the whole world to see.
On a canvas of love I'll cover your fears,
With a soft brush I'll dry all your tears.
I'll paint you a rainbow with feelings so deep,
My stroke will be gentle, my touch you may keep.
On a palette of words I will tenderly blend,
Colorful thoughts with bright verses to send.
I'll paint you a rainbow in reds, blues and gold,
Stretched like loving arms ready to enfold.
And deep in the center of the most vibrant hue,
I'll etch from memory the essence of you.
I'll paint you a rainbow, a bridge to my heart,
So loneliness and pain can begin to depart.
Just look up at the sky when life hits a bend,
I painted a rainbow for YOU.
That last paragraph was nothing less than eloquent - nice job! ;)
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