Pharaoh was a
Control Freak and had kept God’s people in bondage for years. The Lord sent
Moses to him with a message, “Let My people go!” (Ex. 5:1). Perhaps a “difficult
person” is keeping you in bondage through an unhealthy relationship. The one tormenting you is living in your
mind rent-free! Either you are trying to control and change that person, or
that person is trying to control you. Both ways create bondage. God told Pharaoh to let go and He’s also telling you to let go.
1. If you don’t LET GO, you cannot be
spiritually free. You
can hold on to something with your hands, but you can also hold on to something
with your heart. To “let
go” means to release in your heart
the person or situation into God’s hands and to let Him make the corrections
needed. Jesus wants you to be “free indeed” (John 8:36).
2. If you don’t LET GO, you cannot
move on to the next new thing. For a trapeze artist to reach out and grasp
the new bar, he or she must let go of the old bar. The new bar is just far
enough away so that you cannot grab it while still clinging to the old. If you
don’t let go, you’ll keep swinging in the same old routine and nothing will get
better for you.
3. If you don’t LET GO, dysfunctional people
will continue to control you.
Dysfunctional people can act like
Pharaoh and will get upset and angry if you don’t do exactly as they say. The
disciples told Jesus the Pharisees were offended by His teaching.
Jesus instructed His disciples to “Leave
them alone” (Matt. 15:14). In other words, “Don’t let them manipulate you
with their domineering attitudes but keep following Me and what I tell you
to do.”
“Letting go” doesn’t
mean that you stop caring but that you want freedom more than bondage. How to LET GO: Keith Miller
said, “Imagine putting the person in your cupped hands, then coming before the
Lord, who also has His hands cupped. You place your hands inside His hands and
gently take your hands apart, leaving the person in God’s hands.” Once you let
go, let the Lord deal with that person and stop letting him or her live inside your
mind.
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