Let Go

“But I trust in you, LORD; I say, You are my God”

-Psalm 31:14

There is a popular activity that is used in teambuilding sessions called the “Trust Fall”. It involves a person falling backwards into the arms and hands of people who are lined up behind her. It is commonly used because it shows how much you trust your team to “catch you when you fall” or to always “have your back”. Letting yourself deliberately fall backwards is a great trust-building movement. It is the ultimate act of letting go.

How beautiful it would be if we could be as free as that when it comes to our faith in God. How wonderful it must be to just let go and allow Him to take control. But it is in our nature as humans to want to take charge of everything. We hate uncertainty so we take things into our own hands. We do not realize that the Creator of the world, the One who orchestrated every single detail that led to our existence, is willing to do that for us. He is willing to take all our worry and cast it away because He has planned good things for us.

It is difficult to trust in something that is not so easily tangible. We are in constant need of proof and logic because otherwise, we feel foolish. When Noah built the ark, he did not question God about why he was to build it. He was not stubborn; refusing to build the ark until the Lord told him exactly what was about to happen at the exact time that they were going to happen. Instead he built when the Lord told him to. He might as well have been the laughingstock of his day, but that did not stop him. He devoted a hundred years of his life doing something that the Lord commanded him to do.

If only all of us could be as trusting and devoted as Noah! When Jesus called his first disciples, they immediately left their nets and followed him. James and John even left their father the moment they were called. They did not demand to know where they were going or how difficult the tasks would be.

Jesus called and they answered. How long would we have to think about answering His call before we leave our nets? How much of our lives are we willing to let God take control of?

If we could just let God take over our lives, if we could just let him steer our ships, everything would fall into place. Our Creator could use us for His purpose without our stubbornness getting in the way. When we put our trust in Him, we will see that although we are utterly undeserving, God has made our salvation possible. May we, as the apostle Paul tells the Church of Corinth, live by faith and not by sight so that we will see God’s saving grace and how amazing it is.