The Art of Letting Go

One of the hardest lessons I’ve had to learn in this life is the art of letting go. There was a time I could not appreciate the passionate side of me because when it was time to let go, the hurt would be too great a burden. The phrase ‘let go and let God’ is quite easy to reiterate and post all over social media because it’s good to hear, good to read and it makes you FEEL like you’re actually letting go. 

I don’t know about you, but letting go is VERY EXTREMELY difficult for me. Letting go of external factors like, – friends whose seasons have ended or are no good for where God is about to take you, painful words that have been spoken by others, mentors whose time have expired, mentees whose seasons have ended or some who decide perhaps the process of mentorship is too difficult etc, are burdensome. But I promise you letting go of the internal factors such as; the guilt of not pursuing what you know you want to, or doing that which you know you shouldn’t, the hurt from the relationships that have ended, the fear that keeps holding you back when you are to step out, the thoughts that often plague you that dictate you are not enough for this project or calling, you simply cannot do it, the impatience that rides you when you feel like things must turn out this way right now… Letting go of those is far harder than the external factors. 

How do you actually let go? What has been working for me, and I know it will work for you too is trusting the heart of God. Oh yes! This is difficult too but the truth is you cannot trust someone you don’t know so I pursue Him, I search out the Scriptures and I have FAITH. We can sometimes make faith sound so hard, like it’s this huge thing that only some people can reach, faith is simply believing what God says despite the odds.

So I believe that He will perfect EVERYTHING that concerns me(Psalm 138:8) and that He has made EVERYTHING beautiful in HIS time(Ecclesiastes 3:11). I believe it. The more I believe it, the more I lean not to my own understanding, the more I trust His heart, the more I let go so He can truly be God in my life.