Let It Go!

Holy Spirit led me to share with a congregation three weeks ago that the season has changed. I knew the change had occurred, yet I was having a tough time with the changes. I was feeling out of control, and moving forward felt impossible. I found myself in a difficult place. I was upset and angry often. I found it challenging to do anything and struggled with the inability to move about with the ice and snow that lingered longer than I ever anticipated. I got up on the morning of Shabbat and began to listen to a message from Servant Leslie, and the tears rolled down my cheeks. Shame on me—it was the Shabbat, and peace was far from me. I realized that I had been fighting change. I was literally having "temper tantrums" and trying to hold on to what used to be, and it was gone.

In that same moment, I realized what was happening, and she said, "Let it go! You have got to let go of what you had to get what is here. Step out of your comfort zone. Let go of the past, and let the Most High breathe fresh breath (life) into it. Let it go! You cannot keep holding on to the old things...one foot in the old place and one foot in the new."

I instantly repented. First, for forgetting the very message Yah had me speak a few weeks earlier. Second, for my behavior—the anger, the disappointment with others, and not embracing the new. Lastly, for not trusting G-d. He knew what He was doing, and that was why I would be led to Isaiah 55:8 often. That scripture says, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways." YET, we can trust that He has a plan, and we must choose to walk it out and let go of what was for what is now.

The tears streaming down my face were symbolic of the washing away of the old and the hesitancy to move forward toward the new. They were cleansing and clearing away the old, making way for what the Most High was breathing into and infusing my life with now. Thank you, LORD!

Prayer

Lord, help me to trust you, and thank you for the change that has come. Thank you for loving me and stretching me to bring out what you placed in me from the foundation of the world. Help me to stop looking back and to move forward to the future.  I fully expect what you have planned to manifest, and I let go of everything hindering my progress. Your thoughts and your ways are what is best for me. Amen.

Scriptures

Isaiah 55:8

Psalm 23

Hebrews 12