Let Go and Let God?

[Jedi4Yahweh]

What exactly does it mean, "Let Go and Let God"?  Most of the time when I hear this is when someone is struggling in their faith and walk with God and another Christian comes along make this statement.  To me this statement does not ring true at all at least in how they use it.  I had a dear friend that I helped lead to faith, and discipled him, and someone came a long and told him this exact statement and told him he was working for his salvation because he had given up his old life of drugs, sleeping around, and partying and was now living a completely a new life that was radically changed and was now reading the bible, praying, and attending bible fellowships, and preaching the gospel to others, with much joy.  Unfortunately, because he was new in faith and had no strong roots, he took their advise and let go and backslide into his old life of doing drugs, sex, and partying, and now wants nothing to do with other Christians that talk about sin or living godly. 

We are never to let go, but we are to hold tightly to our faith and obedience to Messiah, and endure hardships, trials, and temptations for his name sake and never give up. We are to carry our cross, deny our flesh, give up our old life of sin and now live by doing what is pleasing towards God.  Yes, there maybe things in your life that someone does need to "let go" of such as immoral relations, doctrines that are not biblical, and sins such as adultery, pornography, drugs, drunkenness, homosexuality, unforgiveness, greed, etc.., but we are to never give up living according to how Messiah taught us to live.  

He said to them, "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. "For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it. - Mar 8:34-35

Strive [work fervently] to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. - Luk 13:24 

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. - 2Ti 2:3-4

Edited October 21, 2022 by Jedi4Yahweh

[Who me]

let go and let God are as reprehensible as only believe or just have faith.

 

Paul used the illustrations of 'Olympic athletes' and of 'professional trained soldiers' as illustrations of the Christian life.

Any one who does keep fit will tell you that it requires hard work and self discipline, just as the Christian life does.

[Not me]

21 hours ago, Rosie1jack2pauline3 said:

For me, once again these are my thoughts.

Let go and let God, it means to me, exactly what it’s saying, let go of the situation you ( me) are in and walk in faith ,knowing that God is in control of the situation, haha, says she who has only just reached this place, truly knowing in my spirit, that God is in control of every situation in my life, and being peacefully led by the Holy Spirit, continue to humble myself before the Lord and trust in his Son leading me, in Jesus Name,Amen!!

Jesus is number one and ahead of Pauline...who submits to him daily and becomes lowly in the Spirit, not thinking highly of myself.

God knows and only he knows how to work in the heart of his children, he knows us better than we know ourselves.

 

What a pleasure….  blessings… 

 

In Him, Not me

Edited October 22, 2022 by Not me