The Power of Letting Go

Let’s recall our last statement (May 7), namely, in discovering God’s purpose for our life, it’s always helpful to look at the probable consequences of our choice or decision. Remember that you have been saved so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in your life (2 Corinthians 4:10 ). Focus your energy and powers so that you may achieve the purposes of your election as a child of God. Treat every occasion which may come your way as an opportunity to serve our Lord and the people around you. Why? While we could do nothing to achieve our salvation, we have to do something to exhibit God’s salvation. This is similar to the Chinese saying, “What you have within will be exhibited without.” (有諸內，形諸外) We must "work out our own salvation" which God has already worked in us ( Philippians 2:12 ).

Are your speech, your thinking, and your emotions evidence of your salvation working "out"? If you are still the same gloomy, grumpy person, set on having your own way, then it is false to say that God has already saved and transformed you. Spiritual vitality and maturity relate to our inner quality and readiness to face anything God brings our way. The only proper goal of life is to glorify the Son of God in and through our lives. As our Lord never dictated demands to His Father, neither are we to make demands on God. We are here to submit to His will so that He may work through us what He wants. Once we realize this, we can embark on Paul’s appeal to us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is our spiritual worship (Roman 12:1).

Paul went on to urge us not to be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of our mind, that we may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Hence, what is the purpose of our life in the Lord. In short, your life purpose will be revealed if you can let go your earthly wishes and desires and be ready to accept Jesus’ sovereignty as God and Lord of your life. May God bless and help us. Amen.