Holding Nothing Back, Letting God Work
Placed in His hands, released with trust.
Devotional Credit, Days of Heaven, A. B. Simpson
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Faith is not clutching the corner of our worries and calling it trust. Faith releases the letter into the mailbox, then walks away in confidence that delivery is underway. Today’s thought, inspired by A. B. Simpson’s Days of Heaven, invites us to stop hovering over what we have already given to God and to start resting in His faithful action.
We often say we believe, yet we keep a finger on the edge of the envelope. We rehearse outcomes, replay fears, and monitor timelines. No wonder our hearts stay tight. The Psalmist gives a simple pattern, commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him, and He will act. Order matters. We commit. We trust. He works.
The good news in Jesus is that we are not trying to move heaven with our effort. We are learning to receive what the Father has already provided in His Son. Every spiritual blessing is ours in Christ. Faith becomes the open hand that takes what grace has placed within reach. Not a grab. Not a bargain. A receiving.
This is the life of abiding in Christ. We yield the situation to the Lord, we look to the indwelling Spirit, and we walk forward as those who belong to Him. We are not trying to feel brave. We are resting in the faithful One who lives in us. He carries the weight. We get to go light.
Journal Entry – Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture
I am with you, and I am in you. Trust Me with the whole matter, not a corner kept for your own control. Commit your way to Me, place it in My hands, and I will act in My time. You walk by faith, not by sight. You set your mind on things above where your life is hidden with the Messiah in God.
I have united you with Jesus, and the life you now live in the body you live by faith in the Son of God. Consider yourself dead to sin and alive to Me. Present yourself to Me, not to anxiety, not to self-management, but to righteousness as one brought from death to life. Abide in Me, and I abide in you, and there will be fruit that you do not manufacture.
When you pray, receive what I have promised in Christ. Stand in the blessing already given. Walk in the Spirit I have supplied. Cast your cares on Me, for I care for you. Cease striving to earn what is already yours. Rest, then step forward, because it is I who work in you to will and to do for My good pleasure. I have called you, and I will do it. There remains a rest for the people of God, enter it by faith.
Take the next step as one who knows the matter is Mine. Trust Me, give thanks, and move in quiet confidence. I am faithful.
Real-Life Analogy
Think of dropping a small package at the post office. You weigh it, pay for postage, hand it across the counter, and watch the clerk place it on the outgoing shelf. You do not take it back to the car to double check the route. You do not follow the truck. You released it into a system designed to deliver. Faith is like that release. You place the matter with the Lord who lives in you, then you proceed with your day because the One who governs all things has taken it up.
Try this today. If you have a hard conversation on the calendar, arrive a few minutes early, sit in your car, and say, Lord, I entrust this conversation to You. Express Your patience, clarity, and love through me in this moment. Then walk in and speak plainly, trusting the Spirit of Jesus to supply tone, timing, and self-control. No checklist. No white-knuckle effort. Just yielding to the One who is present within you.
Prayer of Confidence
Father, thank You that in Jesus I already possess every spiritual blessing. Thank You that I have died with Him, been raised with Him, and now live by His indwelling life. I gladly commit this day, these decisions, and these relationships to You. I trust You to work as I rest in Your faithfulness. I receive Your peace as my true baseline in Christ. I receive Your wisdom as I step forward. I praise You that it is You who works in me both to will and to do for Your good pleasure. I go now in quiet confidence, not to achieve, but to abide.
Scripture References for the Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture Section
Hebrews 11:1. Psalm 37:5. 2 Corinthians 5:7. Colossians 3:1-3. Galatians 2:20. Romans 6:1-14. John 15:4-5. Mark 11:24. Ephesians 1:3. Colossians 2:6-7. Matthew 11:28-30. Philippians 2:13. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24. Romans 8:1-4. 2 Peter 1:3. Hebrews 4:9-11. 1 John 5:14-15. Psalm 55:22. 1 Peter 5:7. Proverbs 3:5-6. John 1:16.