{"id":12168,"date":"2022-07-08T18:01:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T18:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycrosspointe.org\/?p=12168"},"modified":"2022-07-08T18:01:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T18:01:51","slug":"let-go-and-let-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycrosspointe.org\/let-go-and-let-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Go and Let God"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<hr>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">let go and let god<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I have heard this phrase used religiously over the past years as a form of encouragement to others going through challenges. <em><strong>\u201cJust let go and let God\u201d<\/strong><\/em>, in other words, give up on struggling to have things your way and allow God to have His own way. Interestingly enough, we often do this in hesitation or as a last resort.<\/p>\n<p>The focus of Sunday\u2019s message was on Yeshua\u2019s triumphant journey to Jerusalem (Matthew 21) and the <strong>false expectations<\/strong> of the people who were excitedly shouting \u201cHosanna in the highest! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!\u201d.&nbsp; As they chanted Hosanna, their expectations were for a King who was about to change the world order as they had known it. Some were expecting an opportunity to pay back the Roman soldiers the evil they had shown them, others were dreaming of the luxurious lives they will be living once Yeshua was in the seat of power, etc. etc. Little did they know that all this was true but not in the context in which they had perceived. <strong>Once it became clear that their expectations were not in alignment with what Yeshua was doing, they moved from Hosanna \u2013 Save us- to Crucify Him in a matter of five days<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>How is that possible? How do you pour out such adulations to someone and turn your back on them in a<br \/>\nmatter of days? <strong>FALSE EXPECTATIONS!&nbsp; <\/strong>I am sure many of us will be appalled by the mere thought of falling within this category, yet in many ways if we were to review our past and, in some cases, current actions in truth we might see some parallels. Maybe we would never have the audacity to chant \u201cCrucify Him\u201d but how many times have we gone our own way because we felt what He was asking of us was too much, too tough, too crazy, too boring, too embarrassing, too this, too that?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12169 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mycrosspointe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pexels-brett-jordan-7654349-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Let us learn to let go and let God, no more false expectations!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mycrosspointe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pexels-brett-jordan-7654349-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mycrosspointe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pexels-brett-jordan-7654349.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are not asking for Him to be crucified, but with our actions (or inactions) and words, we have made the choice to not trust Him<\/strong> \u2013 which is exactly what the people did when they moved from \u201cSave us\u201d to \u201cCrucify Him\u201d.&nbsp; <em><strong>Why not Let go and let God? <\/strong><\/em>When dealing with God, and\/or others, do we take the time to get to know Him\/them in truth or do we make assumptions based on what best suits us? It is so easy to judge the people of old when we read the bible, yet we often, do same or even worse when placed in a similar position. <strong>Our expectations of God and others are often unrealistic, especially when we never have the same expectations of ourselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So now, when choosing to let go and let God let\u2019s ask ourselves, what are our expectations of Him?<\/strong> Does He have to come through because He is our last resort since we\u2019ve tried everything else and have no more options? Or are we letting as a first response rooted in trust (irrespective of the end result)? <strong>May our expectations of Him be aligned with who He really is not only what best suits us<\/strong>. May we stop believing in renditions of God that is in contrast with His word. Most of all, may Yeshua trust us like He trusted the owner of the donkey and colt when He said to His disciples \u201cif anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The Master needs them. And right away he will send them.\u201d (Matthew 21)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i>Pastor Iris, July 7, 2022<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>let go and let god I have heard this phrase used religiously over the past years as a form of encouragement to others going through challenges. \u201cJust let go and let God\u201d, in other words, give up on struggling to have things your way and allow God to have His own way. Interestingly enough, we often do this in hesitation or as a last resort. The focus of Sunday\u2019s message was on Yeshua\u2019s triumphant journey to Jerusalem (Matthew 21) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[510,509,508,511],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mycrosspointe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Let-Go-and-Let-god.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12176,"url":"https:\/\/mycrosspointe.org\/overcoming-disappointment-and-discouragement\/","url_meta":{"origin":12168,"position":0},"title":"Overcoming Disappointment and Discouragement","author":"crosspointer3","date":"July 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"overcoming Disappointment and Discouragement This week's sermon by Dr. Vickylextar continued the series on false expectations using the story of Yeshua's triumphant entry into Jerusalem and His crucifixion (Hosanna to Crucify Him).\u00a0 Disappointment generally emanates from false expectations. 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