Community----Humbling… Beautiful… Challenging… Safe… Real… Genuine… Growth… Reflective… Caring… Frustrating… Grace… Perspective… Support…
…RELEASE!
These were words flooding my mind as I hung up from our weekly Master’s Mind Business owners’ call. I couldn't help but think of a verse I had memorized a long time ago…
Because of my Lord’s GREAT LOVE, I am not consumed – these leaders are not consumed. Because of our Lord’s never failing compassion that is new EVERY MORNING, so much good has been taking place.
During the call, one of the owners mentioned the pressures and stresses he was facing in his business that morning. Similar sentiments echoed from others. Darren, my good friend and one of my DeliberateU partners, shared a poem that significantly impacted him during a really tough, “stress-full” time. It's a poem of “Release” by Roy Lessin, co-founder and writer with Dayspring.
"Heavenly Father, I RELEASE to you the burdens I have been carrying, burdens that You never meant for me to carry. I CAST all my cares upon You -- all my worries, all my fears. You have told me to not be anxious about anything, but rather to bring everything to You in prayer with thankfulness.
Father, CALM my restless spirit, QUIET my anxious heart, STILL my troubling thoughts with the assurance that You are in control. I LET GO of my grip upon the things I have been hanging onto, with opened hands I come to You. I RELEASE to Your will all that I am trying to manipulate; I RELEASE to Your authority all that I am trying to control; I RELEASE to Your timing all that I have been striving to make happen.
I THANK YOU for Your promise to SUSTAIN me, PRESERVE me, and GUARD all that I have entrusted to Your keeping. PROTECT my heart and mind with Your peace, the peace that passes all understanding. Father, may Your will be done in my life, in Your time, and in Your way."
Roy Lessin
A Deliberate Application
- Read Roy Lessin’s “Release” poem.
- As you sense God prompting you, pause and confess your heart struggle.
- Who may God be asking you to send this post, someone you think could use some encouragement and release?
