Sunday, March 7, 2021

Let It Go

Read: 2 Corinthians 6:1-3

“You're holding to an image of a disconnecting God
Who needs to be protected from the darkness in your heart
Who waits for you to sober up before he gives his love
I think God would say that if that's who he was
Then, let it go”

These Lyrics from Andy Gullahorn’s song “Let it Go” always ring in my heart as such a strong truth and reminder of two things. God isn’t waiting on us to figure it out before we come to Him.

That seems pretty obvious when it is put so directly, but I think many times we replicate the pattern of our first father and mother, Adam and Eve, and allow the shame of our shadows and shortcomings to keep us from the safest place that we could be in that moment: walking with God. God is never, I’ll say it again, never the one to pull away. He isn’t waiting to be near, to give his love, to show you his affection until you have things figured out in your life.

The best time to draw close to God is right now. The best time to drop the unworthiness that comes with shame is right now. One of the best antidotes to shame is acceptance. What could be a better thing to do than to come close to the One who extends the most radical acceptance? Right now is the perfect time for you to answer God’s first question: “Where are you?” and let him see you and know you right where you are.

The second part of this for me is the same idea, but with the people that you walk with most closely in life. One of the biggest ways to create distance in your relationships is to only walk through good things in your life with your friends and share your victories, but not your struggles or shortcomings. Intimacy grows in the ground of vulnerability.

Letting people into your processes and not just your victories creates depth to your relationships that you cannot get anywhere else. If you truly desire to be seen and known, consider jumping into the risk of letting God and the people closest to you love and accept you in your fullness just like you are right now.

Josh Kearney