Letting Go

"Reducing our accomplishments to nothing or disowning our hopes and dreams is not easy. But it is essential. We need to accept Jesus' accomplishments and believe in His hopes and dreams for us."

What are your hopes and dreams? We grow up dreaming and planning. One of my childhood dreams was to be an Olympic gymnast. Nevermind the fact that I had only taken a few classes, I was just sure that just given the opportunity, I would be a prodigy. Of course, this was not the case. I was also quite determined to be a pediatrician, but that too was just a dream. In fact, very few of my hopes and dreams have happened exactly as I had planned.

It's hard to disown our accomplishments and live in our weaknesses, boasting in God's strength and equally hard to DISOWN our hopes, our dreams. It's difficult to trust and believe in the Lord's dreams for us, especially when it means letting go of things that we've longed for, or when the path He's chosen is painful or hard, or when we just can't see what His dreams for us are at the time.

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare [peace] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."

But the more we love God, the more we trust Him and truly desire His dreams for our lives, because His dreams for our lives result in bringing Him glory, result in eternal rewards, and are always for our good.