Day 20 - Letting Go

Day 20
Genesis 41-42, John 17

Have you honestly given everything to God? We can see the agony that Jacob has in possibly losing his sons. But what Jacob doesn't know is that the son he has "lost" is being used in great ways by the Lord. It is probably the hardest thing to trust God with your loved ones and give Him the ultimate control over them. As a mother, I couldn't imagine losing my daughter. It would absolutely break me! But in telling God that I trust Him with her life and the direction He takes her in, I am free to think that she is in the best hands possible.

Jacob doesn't want his sons to return to Egypt because he fears losing them. God is doing miraculous things, however, and unless Jacob lets them go, he will never get to experience what God has in store for his family and the power that will come with the healing. When we cling so tight to something, whether it be our family members, relationships, our jobs, our finances, our programs, etc., we could be missing out on the bigger picture of what God is trying to do. He will be glorified in our giving it all to Him, but unless we do that, we won't see it to its full effect.

Jesus prays for His disciples as He prepares to leave them. We see how He puts them in the hands of His Father and asks that they be blessed and grown in Him. Jesus states to His Father that the ones that were given to Him were always His Father's. What a powerful prayer for our children and loved ones! When we can honestly come before God and say "Lord, the children you have given me are Yours", we have opened up a whole new aspect of our parenting and faith.

We belong to the Father! We are His, and He wants to do what is best for us. Who else could possibly understand our hearts better than He? When we can come to the conclusion that everything we have is His, we can begin to give them all over to Christ, in full faith that His glory will be served. What is it that you need to hand over and admit fully is His? Give Him the control of everything in your life and you will not regret it!