Let Go: Let God
We have often heard the phrase, "Let go and let God." But too many of us regard it as a mere saying rather than an experience.
Had Moses been like many of us, he would have appointed a "dipping committee" to work on the Red Sea during the crisis hour.
Had Joshua had some of our traits, he would have had a "chiseling committee" busily working on Jericho's walls instead of just marching.
If Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah (Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego) headed for the fiery furnace were like some of us, they would have made some attempt at fire protection.
And surely Daniel would have feverishly attempted to figure out some scheme for outwitting the lions.
Had we been in Gideon's shoes when he was deprived of all but three hundred men in the face of extreme danger, we would likely have taken off for home.
These men of God are gone. Only God remains, but we are still here and we face serious days-days akin to those mentioned above.
These are days to trust the Lord with simple and unqualified trust. We are prone to have faith in God if the situation is not too grave or if we are guaranteed outside help from human sources.
Will we ever learn the meaning of the prophet's message to Asa who had looked to other help by making a league with Ben-hadad, the king of Syria, against Israel's king Baasha?
"For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him." 2 Chronicles 16:9
The heart that is completely turned toward the Lord for help, is the need of the hour among His people of today.
Too often God gets only a fraction of our faith, and this He has not promised to bless.
In view of all this, well the psalmist might say,
"Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart." And then as one who has put his own advice to test and proved its value out of the richness of a wonderful experience of blessing, he repeats the exhortation and says,
"Wait, I say on the LORD." Psalm 27:14
We must "let go" of everything else and "let God" have His way.
