Letting go

In a conversation that I had with a friend over the past few days, I stumbled accross too common of a scenario that Christians are faced with. My friend was telling me about her desire to be closer with God. Recently having stepped off the Christian "path," she found herself wanting to encounter God more often and to better strengthen her relationship with him. In one particular area of her life, she has found that she is putting something, or someone, in front of God and realizes that such a situation must change. However, when I asked her what was keeping her from surrendering all to HIM, she responded by saying that, "I am afriad to give it all to God, Because I am afraid he is going to make me do or get rid of something that I am not willing to let go of yet."

Listening to her talk about this too frequent of an occurance, I was reminded how often Christians put other things in front of God. Furthermore, it reminded me of how weak the flesh is and how desperately we need to give God control over our lives. By being afraid to grant God full control, we are limiting the work that God is trying to do in our lives. This does not always mean that we are going to like what he has to say, but it does mean that we need to get on a personal level with God, trusting that he has our best interest at heart. Why is it so difficult to do this? Bececause the enemy is so desperately wanting to maintain the grasp and hold on ourlives. He does not want us to give it to God, because ultimately that means that he no longer can influence our decisions and actions. But don't you see the necessity to give God control? The Enemy is fighting hard to gain as much of a foot hold as he can before his reign is over. DON"T LET HIM! God deperately wants to carry our worries and concerns on his shoulders. So allow him too. Do not cave to the enemy's polluted thoughts of having to maintain control--- because life is not ours to define anyways.