Let Go and Let God

"Let go and let God." It's a 12-step slogan that everyone uses, but do they really know what it means?

Surrender. Letting go and letting God is surrender. You say "I can't, He can, I guess I will let Him." In the beginning, when you first start on that path of recovery, you aren't so sure He can either. You aren't so sure anyone can help. You've been doing this thing as long as you can remember, and it hasn't worked out yet. You've pushed and pulled, twisted and stretched, strained and stressed all you know how to do, and finally you've come to a place where you just don't know what to do any longer. And there is the place where you find surrender.

Surrender isn't not caring. It's not giving up. It's not giving in. It's giving over. Giving over the outcomes that you've tried so hard to make happen, but they just keep slapping you in the face. Give it to God. Give the problem to God. Give the outcome to God. Give the person you're so over-stressed about over to God. And don't dictate the outcome.

The outcome is in God's hands now. Whatever it is, will be what it is supposed to be. It is all part of the journey. Breathe out. Relax. Breathe in. Stop thinking about it. Stop worrying about it. Give it over to God to handle, and don't take it back.

God can make it work out, whether it looks like it or not right now. All is well. All is in control - God's control, not your control. And remember, He is God! He has to be able to do a better job than you can, right?

Let go. Let God. And begin to live!