Letting go and letting God, is a statement we have been hearing throughout our Christian walks. It sounds so easy, yet takes the grace to be able to fully accomplish. We say to ourselves that we have fully surrendered all to God. But have we really done so? Are there some things we partially surrender and are keeping to ourselves?
Time and time again we deceive ourselves and say we have gotten over something, yet the residues are still hidden within our hearts. We tell ourselves they are not there and cover it up. Other times we are not ready to deal with them and again pretentiously neglect them. Or, we accept that they are there and refuse to let go of them.
A couple of weeks ago, I was feeling troubled. I couldn’t pray, I couldn’t serve the way I would usually do and I had no peace. I tried everything to pin point what may possibly be making me feel this way. It was then that the Lord brought a friend of mine to my attention. As I envisioned this person, emotions of rage, pain, unforgiveness, bitterness and hatred came to my spirit. I remembered all the hurtful things this individual did to me, and the fact that they refused to apologize for it all. I had made up in my heart that I would “forgive” them but never “forget” what they did unless they had apologized.
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
The Holy Spirit encouraged me to love her, and see her the way He sees her. So I started to pray for her. I prayed for God to change her, for her salvation and for God to remove the heart of stone etc. It was at this point that the Lord gave me a vision, and I was standing in front of a mirror. It was then that He revealed the bitterness, anger, hatred, unforgiveness, lack of compassion and mercy that was buried in my heart towards her. He then showed me my house and it was a total mess. He then told me: You cannot ask me to change someone when you have all this clutter within you. You have clean your own house before you clean another someone else’s.
Matthew 7:3-5 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
It was then that I realized I had not surrendered everything concerning this person to the Lord, and was still holding unto it deep within my heart. Not only so, but the seed of bitterness had taken over my personality. My compassion and mercy for people had been taken over by this seed without me realizing.
We spend so much time focusing on how we feel and on the faults of others. We spend little time examining ourselves and the flaws we have. We are consumed with emotions. We forget how compassionate and pure in heart Jesus was. That even when He was being crucified, He prayed a prayer of compassion.
Luke 23:34 Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.
At times, we find it hard to forgive other people, but if God was to deal with us the same way, based on all the sins we have committed in our entire lifetime, we wouldn’t be worthy of receiving anything.
We are in a season where God is cleansing our hearts, our spirits, our households. The vision the Lord gave me was of a washing machine, and He said that He will use His Holy Spirit to cleanse and regenerate us, if only we are willing. My prayer for you today is that God will give you the grace to fully surrender all that is hidden in your hearts to Him and let go. He wants to restore you and make you whole again. I pray that You will get the courage to stand before that mirror and ask God to reveal all the things still hidden in our hearts that we still hold unto. Only He can heal you and make you whole again
Let go and Let God – pointers
- Make a list of all the things hidden that You have been unable to surrender to God.
- Be honest with God about how you feel about situations you have been unable to surrender to Him.
- Pray and ask God for the grace to surrender them to Him.
- Pray for healing, deliverance and restoration with your heart, mind and spirit.
- Imagine yourself standing before a mirror and ask God reveal all the hidden things within your heart that are not pleasing unto Him.
- Pray and ask God to deliver you from these sins.
- Use the word of God to speak positivity over these sins and replace them with positive words (e.g the fruit of the Spirit-Galatians 5:22-23).
- Ask God to give you spiritual eyes to see His children the way He sees them.
- Pray for God to give you a heart of compassion and mercy towards His children.
- Ask God to give you a tongue that declares positivity over your life daily.
Let go and let God – youtube teaching
Beautifully put! I definitely need to get rid of some clutter (i.e. unforgiveness, resentment, etc) towards people who have hurt me. There are so many things I haven’t gotten over…Thank you for the words of wisdom and encouragement! I definitely need to put this into practice. ❤️
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Amen thank you for your transparency. It is a daily battle ans by grace we shall overcome
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AMEN! God is so good, no matter what! Thank you Jesus!
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I’m still in the process and I have to constantly remind myself about this especially when temptations come up. It’s not easy, but once attained, the peace we get is indescribable.
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Thank you so much for this article. I really needed to hear it and God is already showing me people I need to start praying for. Thank you for your honesty!
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I love this: “The Holy Spirit encouraged me to love her, and see her the way He sees her. So I started to pray for her.” Imagine if we all did this for one another.
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Amen very true. May God give us the grace to see one another through God’s eyes
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Great post… Thanks for following my blog. I like your You Tube video as well. May you be blessed in Christ.
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God bless you. Do stay in touch ☺
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Thank You
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I’ve browsed here a while because I say you had left a like on my “Bruised…” Glad you came and I have enjoyed my visit back with you. We seem to share a wonderful love for and from our precious Redeemer.
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Thanks for stopping by and keep writing powerful blogs glorifying our God
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I really liked the way you wrote about letting go and letting God. Look forward to stay in touch and share more.
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Amen thanks for the comment. We will stay in touch
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I love this! Thank you for sharing the wisdom The Lord has given you on this matter! I am also going to share with my daughter!
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Amen thank you for your comment, we give all glory to Jesus.
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EXACTLY WHERE THE GLORY AND HONOR GOES!
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Yes, Amen!
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