HOLD ON...LET GO!

I went to dinner the other night at my favorite restaurant and took the grand-children with me. It is my favorite restaurant for where else are you able to get a hot fudge sundae for Xander had hold of my hand with his left, he was holding to the car door with all his might with his right hand. I looked at him and rather sternly said, "Hold on to my hand but let go of the car door!" As soon as he did that we were able to cross the road and go into eat.

For years in Pentecostal groups I witnessed people praying with others and invariably some dear sister would be speaking quite loudly to the person receiving prayer and this is what I heard: "Hold on...Let go! Hold on...Let go!" I have to admit that at first I was confused. But my time with Xander at McDonald's is a perfect illustration of "holding on but letting go".

When we come to the Lord He promises to be with us always. To go where we go. And the Holy Spirit has promised to be our guide. The Lord is a "lamp unto our feet and light unto our path." In the darkness of the valley it is reassuring to know that our hand is in the hand of the Master. But, problems arise when we hold on--hold on to His hand but we do not "let go -- let go of the world." We have a life crisis and we cry out to Jesus and we feel the touch of his hand and we hold on. But, instead of letting go of our burdens and cares to Jesus we hold on to them with our other hand.

"Hold on...Let go!" Now, what the Saints of my earlier years used to instruct is clearer. In all of our trials, grief, pain, and heartache and sickness we need in our spirit: "Hold on...to Jesus! Let go...of the burdens." My God, how simple it is. Just holding on and letting go...Holding on and letting go...holding on and letting go...holding on and letting go...holding on and letting go!