"Let Go and Let God"
"
Let go and let God
" - a phrase I hear time and time again. But what does it really mean? This question has actually been going round in my head for some time now. It's time for an answer.
During the years I self harmed it got to the point where I knew what I was doing really was not healthy. It was destroying me not only physically but mentally. However, even though I had acknowledged it was wrong, I had reached a point where I felt like I needed to do it to keep myself sane. I wanted to stop, I really did. But the comfort it brought - it was just too overwhelming for me to bear the thought of giving it up. I did try though. Everything I thought I could do but nothing worked. I would get stressed whenever I relapsed and hate myself for it and end up doing it again. It turned into a pretty distressing cycle. I needed to "
Let go and let God
" but I didn't know where to begin...
When it comes to the meaning of "
Let go and let God
", you are literally casting all your burdens into the Lord's hands. It's one of those things where you just have to dive straight in. To do this, one must have a relationship with God. In Matthew 11:28 Jesus says "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest". In essence he is calling us, telling us that all the problems we carry, he will take care of them. All it takes is for you to just let him in. Listen. Be still and pray. Talk to him and he will answer. Sounds easy right? Well it can be but for me, it wasn't. I was so lazy at first. Couldn't be bothered to pray, would always tell myself "
another day, another time
". Same thing when it came to reading the bible and having personal devotion. I wasn't dedicated at all. Eventually, I made it part of my routine. Thanks to technology it was actually simple. Had a Bible app installed, found a host of devotionals online (made sure they were in line with my beliefs) and there are even some on the app itself. Then I found a time of day which I knew I would have no problems in pouring my heart out to God (although, you should have a constant prayer in your heart during the day and know that you can call on God anytime).
Once you've decided in your mind that it's time to "
Let go and let God
" the next part is a killer. Waiting. I won't lie to you reader, I am not disciplined when it comes to being patient. I hate waiting. I like things done immediately. The important thing when it comes to our Heavenly Father is that his timing is not ours. It's at this point you can start to feel God is not helping you. He's just going to leave you down and out. Not true. Growing up, I've always sung in church and there's a song I used to sing called "Four Days Late" which is about the Bible story of when Jesus brought Lazarus back from the dead (John 11). In this story Lazarus was sick so his sisters sent for Jesus to come and heal him. Jesus didn't arrive straight away. In fact for the first two days he didn't even move from where he was. When Jesus did arrive, it was found that Lazarus had been dead for four days. HOWEVER (yeah this is where I get excited) Jesus - remember he was supposedly FOUR DAYS LATE - was able to bring back Lazarus from the dead. As I said before; God's timing is not our timing. The moral of this story is that Jesus will come through for you regardless of how long it takes. There's a reason for his doing.
I can gladly say I was able to "
Let go and let God
" and now I no longer self harm. I won't lie to you there are many days where I feel like relapsing but I just go to God and let him help me deal with those emotions. I am constantly having to relearn to "
Let go and let God
" because fear, stress and sadness takes over and my thoughts become cloudy. Even recently, the start to my 2017 was atrocious. My first reaction was to cry and stress but God brought me back to my senses. The devil is a liar and will happily watch you suffer. Don't allow it. The victory has already been won by Christ Jesus. It's just for us to accept this blessed message and stay strong.
Matthew 7:7 says "Ask, and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you". The Lord is always listening. He's calling. He's literally our best friend that wants to help 24/7. Don't ignore him, don't doubt him. He will come through for you.
Again, thanks for reading and I pray you have a blessed day x