When God asks you to let go

You might have noticed that for the last few months there have not been any posts on here. If you have seen Facebook too you would have noticed that all of the romantic posts and cute pictures had stopped. Well the reason for that was because God called Noah and I into a period of just being friends.. God asked us to let go of each other, and let me tell you, that was the hardest thing I have ever faced in my life so far.

There just came a point in our relationship where we needed to grow a little more, a kind of growth that required us to be apart.We just got a little stagnant, knowing what we should do to have a healthy and godly relationship but not really following it up with the appropriate actions.Sometimes you can grow in certain areas together, other times God pulls you aside separately and says "Hey, we need to work on this one-on-one right now." That's what we needed, one-on-one time with God and God needed us to be away from each other to accomplish that.

It is easy to let go of something you care so much about? Absolutely not! When God calls you to give, is it easy to give up your time and money? It is easy to leave the job you love when God calls you to give it up and go someplace else? No. We don't like to let go of the things we have. I didn't want to let go of Noah. I didn't want to let go of our relationship, Noah and I were given the suggestion not to talk to each other and to spend time completely apart. I didn't want to give up my communication with him so instead I disobeyed his parents wishes which also didn't bring glory to God, and I continued trying to communicate with him every day. I wasn't fearing God like I should have been, and letting go completely when He told me to. Instead I was fearing my relationship with Noah, putting that on the pedestal, caring more about what happened with that instead of what was happening with my relationship with God. It took a long time before I finally let go completely like God wanted in the first place.

When God asks you to do something, you can do one of two things. Either do it like He said, when He said, or kind of beat around the bush and try to get around obeying Him. I learned the hard way that when you aren't obeying God, things are not going to work out in your favor. More damage than healing was done to our relationship because I would not give up Noah. When I finally let him go was when the healing and growth really began. When you stop fighting and playing tug-of-war with God, God can do so much more in your life. Not only that, but he rewards obedience. Just a mere week after finally obeying God, I got this great news that Noah was coming to visit and that we could start thinking about being back in a relationship. When you do the right thing, God does notice.

So I guess the thing I learned the last few months is just to be obedient to God, doing what He asks,when He asks, even if it hurts. God rewards obedience, He will not forget you if you are doing what He asks of you. And He will never lead you astray. If God asks you to let go of something, He has a plan and a reason for that, one that will be for your benefit. God doesn't punish us, He only gives us what we need to grow and succeed and prosper.

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

God Bless! :) -Gabs