Letting Go

We have this internal desire in us to hold onto things. Whether it has to do with our jobs, our relationships, our finances... it doesn't matter. We see it as "ours."

Somehow we determine in our minds that the produce of what we have worked toward is our possession. Its our "baby". We grow attachments that can become possessive. And possessiveness blinds us from what we COULD have.

In the early NT church, the believers came together and began selling what they had to give to the building of the church. Acts 4:34 even says that "none among them that were lacking". God provided for them when they showed faith that He was in control of their possessions. Then there was Ananias and his wife who sold their property, but gave only some of the money they received from their sale. Ananias held back from God what He could have used to bless him! Thinking he was being safe, he ends up losing a whole lot more than what he was hoarding... his life.

Today, we are faced with the problem of becoming attached to material. We even become attached to relationships, success, and ministries. All of our time and efforts put in, we think that when its time to cash out, the winnings are sacred. We have to realize that the doors and entry points into where we are or what we have become, were opened by God himself. When we realize that we are part of a plan bigger than our own, we can start to release. We can start laying things down at God's feet, trusting in the one who made it all happen. "Let go, and let God"