Let Go; Let God Worry

Katherine Luther, Martin Luther's wife, struggled with worry.  She worried about Martin, and one day Luther said, to her, "Kitty, pray and let God worry."  I have thought about that statement for several weeks.  I have struggled with worry over my health.  Nothing major going on, really, but my mind ballooned it all out of proportion.  Silly, I know.  I know it is sin, because everything not of faith is of sin, yet I held on tight to my worry. Oh, I pray, but still I couldn't let go.  A few days ago, I thought, this is silly and so displeasing to the Lord Jesus, whom I love and in whom I believe and trust.  So, my heart bowed in prayer, and gave it to Jesus and told Him that He could take better care of all my concerns than I could.  I felt peace, and told others that I had taken Luther's advice, and was going to "let God worry about it."

Good, right?  No, not really, because today I discovered I either had not let it go, or I had taken it all back again.  God showed this to me in a rather humorous way.  This morning after my walk, I came home and made breakfast.  I had gotten some nice blueberries out of the freezer to  put on top my cereal.  Breakfast eaten, I thought I would check email, and as I went to type, I notice by right hand was black and blue. It looked like blood vessels beneath  my skin had broken.  I panicked. My heart raced.  I could feel my stomach turning over, and from what my daughter said, my face turned white.  "Oh, no, now what's wrong with me? Look, I'm black  and blue and I haven't bumped or hit my hand on anything."  My daughter looked at me and shaking her head said, "Mama, Mama, Mama, that's blueberries."  I washed my hand, but still felt that twinge of anxiety.  Crazy, isn't it?

Did I really give this to God?  Or did I take back from Him?  These questions I wrestle with.  I think I must not truly have given it to the Lord, or I wouldn't have felt  panic grip my very being.  I cry with Paul in Romans 7, O wretched man that I am...

Do you have trouble letting go? Do you struggle with God.  Do you give Him your burdens and then take them back again?  How do you gain victory?  I honesty want to know.

Satan loves to torment the believer.  If you doubt that, read the book of Job.  There is a man with trials and struggles and he seemed to have the same dilemma.  Sometimes when Job speaks, he is filled with faith, and yet in the next verse, he seems to doubt.  I can relate.

So what to do?  I don't know if I have the answers fully. It's easy to say, "Let go and let God."  How to practice it?  For me, I will confess my sin of unbelief, for if I believed God will take care of my trouble, would I be so quick to panic?  I felt so ashamed, but God loves the sinner and forgive the sin when we come to Him, and for that I rejoice, because without Christ I would have no hope.   I will keep giving Him my worry, and when I fail, pray, pray, pray some more, and then dig into the Word..  It's all about faith. Faith keeps trusting even when all appears like failure.  God has a plan, and He will fulfill the plan for me, you, everyone. 

Let Go; Let God worry.  I will, with God's help.  Lord, I believe, Help Thou mine unbelief.  ( Mark 9.24)

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