-Suzie Eller - She was three. She arched her arm and pointed her fingers at me.
“You’re frozen, Gaga!”
I stopped in place, one arm behind me, the other in the air. She giggled, then quickly unfroze me. (Google image, Girl pointing finger)
There was a time if you were in the vicinity of anyone under the age of six, you were familiar with the movie, Frozen. It’s the story of two sisters struggling in their relationship with each other and in finding acceptance. At one point Elsa, the older sister sang these words:
"Let it go, let it go. And I’ll rise like the break of dawn"
Those words are similar to those I sensed God whispering years ago.
"Suzie, let go of the past that you cannot undo. Let me rise to heal your hurting heart."
Maybe you’ve sensed God asking you to let go of something – the past, old mistakes, unforgiveness, unresolved bitterness, a warped identity. It can be hard to let go when you don’t know how. I wrestled with those same questions and eventually came to understand the following:
Letting go means that I give up what is beyond my control to embrace what I can.
In Isaiah 43:18-19, a nation holds tightly to the past, but by doing so they are missing the new things that God wants to show them. The prophet speaks boldly to them.
“Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness, And rivers in the desert” (Isaiah 43:18-19 NKJV).
As I sensed God asking me to leave the past behind, I had to let go of what I couldn’t control.
- I couldn’t control my childhood, but I could see the miracles of today.
- I couldn’t control someone’s hurtful words, but I could replace them with truth.
- I couldn’t control negative people, but I could choose joy for myself.
Letting go wasn’t easy in the beginning. However, just as the prophet Isaiah describes new roads in the desert and rivers in the wilderness, the more that I let go of what I couldn’t control to embrace what I could, new ways of thinking and relating and living were carved into my very being.
Do you sense God asking you to let go?
- Be mindful of what you can’t change.
- Ask God to show you what you can do, with His help.
- Be patient as you step into healing, for this takes time.
As you let go, there’s a secondary miracle. Letting go doesn’t just change us. You begin to live, speak, and relate as a healed woman, and that filters down to the next generation and the next — like the cute little blond-haired, blue-eyed angel chasing her Gaga through the house, singing “Let it go!”
"Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness, And rivers in the desert" (Isaiah 43:18-19 NKJV).
Jesus, I’ve wanted to let go for a long time, but I wasn’t sure how. I’m ready to take that leap of faith. Today I give up what I cannot control to embrace what I can. Thank You for carving new roads in the desert of my heart, and new rivers in the wilderness of my life. In Jesus’ Name, Amen."
1006-1010 One-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted-
Godly men and women put others first. We are to be good examples of the love of the Lord Jesus, so they can be drawn to faith in Him, too. God watches for godly behavior, as do others! As we lay down fleshly desires, we can embrace His character more easily.
#17 of 23 Parallels between Moses and Messiah:
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