"Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?"
Matthew 26:52-54
This might be the single most important example in human history of letting something go. Christ had the power to escape his arrest, probably in several ways, and he knew where the whole thing was going, but he deferred to the Father's will and let it happen.
Sometimes, like Christ, we have to endure injustice rather than fight against it. I'm not saying that we should stand aside and let others be harmed, but at least on a personal level, sometimes we have to let things go rather than raging against them and harming ourselves. Sometimes even the most unfair things lead to later blessings and end up working for our good, through the grace of God.
Today, let's talk to God about what concerns us in our lives, and if he suggests that we let it go, then let's work to do that rather than letting resentment and anger build up. God knows better than we do what "must be," and will come through with the eventual happy ending, even if right now is a little rough.
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?"
Matthew 26:52-54
This might be the single most important example in human history of letting something go. Christ had the power to escape his arrest, probably in several ways, and he knew where the whole thing was going, but he deferred to the Father's will and let it happen.
Sometimes, like Christ, we have to endure injustice rather than fight against it. I'm not saying that we should stand aside and let others be harmed, but at least on a personal level, sometimes we have to let things go rather than raging against them and harming ourselves. Sometimes even the most unfair things lead to later blessings and end up working for our good, through the grace of God.
Today, let's talk to God about what concerns us in our lives, and if he suggests that we let it go, then let's work to do that rather than letting resentment and anger build up. God knows better than we do what "must be," and will come through with the eventual happy ending, even if right now is a little rough.
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