MORNING MANNA 10-21-21
LET GO AND LET GOD
“Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.” – Psalm 55:22
I loved listening to, or reading, messages from the late Vance Havner. That old country preacher from the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains in North Carolina was one of a kind. He had a unique way of saying things that got your attention. Here’s his comment on our text:
“Some dear souls get the impression that faith is an attitude, a spiritual pose, which must be strenuously maintained for dear life. So they grit their teeth and screw themselves up to believe in tense earnestness, afraid to let go for a moment. We might as well try to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps.
Trusting God is exactly the very opposite of all that. Hudson Taylor worked hard trying to develop faith, until he stopped looking at his faith and learned to rest in the Faithful one. You will blow up trying to work yourself up to just the right pitch. Faith begins by letting go, stretching out on the promises, not by taking a deep breath, clenching your fists, and resolving to trust or bust.
If we are to roll our burden upon the Lord, the only move on our part is to roll it, then leave it. Of course, if we never leave it, it rolls back and we spend all our time rolling instead of resting. He will keep what we commit-and leave committed.”
“Let go and let God” is too often a proverb instead of a practice.”
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
