Let Go and Let God...

"In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me. Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel. For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth. From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you." Psalm 71:1-6

The only action that the writer takes is praise! Are we trying to be our own refuge, deliverer, rescuer, savior, fortress, hope, confidence, or sustainer? Is our confidence about "how we are doing" in our life based upon how we measure up in these areas? If so... we need to get out of the way!!! Our response and responsibility is praise.

Praise the Lord Jesus who longs to be (and is way more capable at being than we are) our refuge, our deliverer, our rescuer, our savior, our fortress, our hope, our confidence and our sustainer. You don't have to hold it all together, because he already is (Col 1:17).

Simple, yet exactly what I needed to hear today. As the old saying goes... let go and let God!

For further study: Psalm 46:1-3, Psalm 140:6-7, Psalm 34:17-20, 22, Titus 3:5-7, 1 John 1:3-5, Psalm 18:2, Psalm 25:5, Philippians 3:1-14, Jeremiah 17:7, Nehemiah 9:5-21