“It’s the Salt for me”
Podcast Episode 8
Let Go and Let God
Hey! Happy New Year and welcome to Episode 8 of “It’s the Salt for me, brought to you by The Salty Christian.” I’m your host, Marie. If you haven’t already, please subscribe, share, and comment.
New Year, new me? Nah… But this is the year to let go and let God. I know God has a plan for my life so I’ll go with that…whatever it may be. Resolutions? I stopped making New Years’ resolutions years ago. I always let myself down in a matter of minutes at the drop of the ball, so it really became pointless and the guilt that followed me was unbearable. Besides, when I think about it, I always made resolutions based on the plans I had for myself rather than what God might have planned for me that I wasn’t aware of, and you know, never the twain shall meet. I’m sure what I wanted was completely different from what God wanted for me. Because my relationship with God has been a little rocky, it never even occurred to me to asked Him what He had in store for me – ever – let alone in the new year. Looking back, I probably didn’t think He had anything for me. His silence on my other prayer requests spoke volumes. I stopped seeking His guidance. I didn’t believe that God had a plan for me. He skipped over me when it was my turn. I figured that all God had for me was heartache, depression and sadness which brought on more heartache, depression, and sadness.
I wasted so many years making plans for myself that would never quite materialize. Every time I was really excited about something, something else would come along and steal my joy and my previous prayers would also remain unanswered so it just made life rough.
Fast forward to the past year, give or take. I finally decided that I must get it together. Get right with God. Stop running from God – which will be a whole other episode on how I am more like Jonah than I care to admit. Matter of fact, I’ll be touching on mental health, healing, and so many more issues this year.
Anyway…now that I’m working on my relationship with God (partially through this podcast), I pray a lot more. I mean, I don’t think I ever fully stopped praying, but it slowed down tremendously as I was losing my faith in God. I have been noticing that I tend to talk to God a lot more outside of prayer. Just like a regular conversation. It’s like we have this never-ending conversation going on. I thought it was pretty one sided for a minute, but lately, I’m finding out that it’s not. It seems that God is in the business of talking to me again. Whether or not I listen is on me – but when I don’t listen, He tends to irritate my soul until I see things the way He wants me to. As I’ve explained before in previous episodes, this is how God operates with me. Sadly, my normal response is to try and look past it because it’s always something I don’t want to do or say or feel, but He won’t let go until my final answer is yes, Lord. I’ll do it.
God has been reminding me of everything He has brought me through in the past. Each time I went through something, I would fall to my knees. Do exactly as God told me and He would bring me through shining like a diamond. In hindsight, I can now see that it was the times I was going through things and thought I knew better than God that I suffered. Suffered like nobody’s business. The heartache and pain I put myself through by not fully giving it to God. It’s like I trusted Him with some aspects of my life but not all. Clearly, I was a fool. I couldn’t let go of some things no matter how much I wanted to. I needed to fix things – or at least feel like I was doing something to help the situation because God was clearly taking His time. I was unable to trust Him with things that were most precious to me. Yeah, what kind of sense does that make? And I knew what He had already done in the past.
Ironically, those same things that I wouldn’t let go of and let God handle were still there. However, I let go some time ago. For my own sanity. I let go and let God and out of nowhere, I have seen so many miracles happening. Things I didn’t think possible and I am being filled with the spirit. It’s not all happening at once or in a certain timeframe, but the Bible says it best.
1 Corinthians 2:9 says:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Through my new found love of God, I pledged to let go and let God and He is doing the Dag gone thing!
It’s only the beginning and I’m not going to say it’s easy because it’s not. It’s a process. I must literally talk myself into letting go every time – big or small – letting God take care of it all. Sometimes waiting on His knowledge and wisdom before I can make a decision. And as you may or may not know, my impatience has put me in tough situations before. Pretty much severing my relationship with God because I felt some type of way. I have to continually remind myself of what God has already done in my life and how during the times when I was at my worst – but at my best with God, that, my friend, is when it all worked together for my good.
God has a plan for our lives. Jeremiah 29:11-13 says:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
I think God wants us to draw upon Him in our daily lives – for everything. Not just the big things. Seek Him with our whole heart and that is when we will find Him. Without God how can we have hope?
Proverbs 16:3 says:
Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
My understanding of this is that we need to commit our lives and decisions to God. Stop for a minute and think about what God might want for us rather than what we want. Let go and let God.
Matthew 6:25-27 reads:
“Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?
I’m reminded that we don’t need to worry about things. I look back over my life and have gotten through things that I thought would kill me. God has always provided for me and my family. When there seemed to be no way, God always made a way. I lost sight of that because I lacked trust in God. My lack of trust in God wouldn’t allow me to let go and God wasn’t able to bring His plan to fruition.
I am learning to trust God again and honestly, He’s been showing out a little lately. It’s almost like He knows He can trust me again too – but it feels different this time. This time there is no turning back. This year, I am pledging to let go and let God.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this episode. And I hope this will help you to let go of your burdens and give them to God. Let Him do the worrying for you. He is still in the business of making miracles happen. We just have to let go and let God.
I’ll update you from time to time on how this is all panning out and I hope you will join me on this new journey.
I again invite you to subscribe, share and comment.
I’ll catch you on the next episode of “It’s the Salt for Me.” Until then, be blessed and be a blessing.
