Release to Receive

“You have to release in order to receive.”

Loren Thornburg

We’ve all had it happen...your hands are full of different items and you see another you need to pick up so you try to make it happen and you end up dropping them all. The only way to safely add another item is to set an item down. You just can’t hold it all. Sometimes I wish I could. I wish there was room to hold and to do everything that I would want to, but there is just not enough room in our lives. There are not enough hours in the day and days in the week. We have to be wise with how we spend our time. If we are wanting to make the most of our days sometimes that means letting go of some things that we would like to do. It’s a necessary part of the process. To receive you have to release. Just as your hands can only hold so much so can our lives. What do you need to release so that you can receive?

“Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you…”

Psalm 55:22 Amplified

David sure knows his stuff, but like most of us he learned the hard way, meaning he learned in the midst of hard things. His life is being threatened and so is his hope...that is until he remembers to remember what is true. The truth is “cast your burden on the Lord.” Release the burden in all of it’s weight so that you can receive God’s sustainment. Until you release those things to Him He can’t carry them for you and you weren’t meant to carry them. The weight of them will wear you down. Yet, when you release them you are free to receive the grace God has for you...He wants to carry them for you. He wants to release you from the weight they put on you. Are there burdens you’ve been carrying? Sometimes we are so used to carrying them that we don’t realize we weren’t made to carry them. Whether it’s lies you’ve believed, responsibilities you’ve taken, blame you’ve held, disappointment that’s sunk deep within, whatever it is...He wants to carry it so you don’t have to. Release it to Him in all of it’s weight so that you can receive all He has for you.