Let Go, Let God, and Let Him Be and Do all That Needs to Be Done

I used to struggle with "Let Go and Let God."

I did not know or believe that God is an active, extravagant, lavishly loving agent in and through and for me! The Bible makes this truth plain:

"And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." (1 John 4: 16)

We can know that we dwell in God because He has given us His Spirit ( 1 John 4: 13), which we received when we confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (1 Corinthians 12: 3).

For many people, then, "letting go" is a hard thing to do, unless we know and believe in God as He is, based on His revelation in His Word:

"Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth." (Psalm 46: 10)

In this verse,"Be still" is better translated as "relax" or "let go". We are exhorted, however, not just to let go, but to "know that He is God -- Elohim, the mighty Creator of all things, and that this Creator cares about you and me:

"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." (1 Peter 5: 6-7)

He cares for you and me. He gave His Son for us while we were still sinners (Romans 5: 8), and because God is now for us, we have no reason to fear anyone who may be against us, or that He will withhold anything else that we may need (Romans 8: 31-32)

Faith means nothing if we do not put our faith in the right Person, or we do not have a right and righteous understanding of the Person whom we are called to trust.

He is our life (John 14: 6)

He is given us all things through His Son:

"Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

"And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's." (1 Corinthians 3: 22-23)

We can have boldness to come before God because of the sacrifice He made for us through His Son:

"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus," (Hebrews 10: 9)

And of course:

"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." (1 John 4: 17)

Because God sees us as He sees His own Son, we can trust by faith that our needs, our standing, and anything else that needs to be taken care of will be taken care of in Him!