Pastor John Withem of Bayside Church in Woodland spoke at a burger barbecue last night on the necessity of letting go.
Let go of injustice—all the unfair things you’ve endured. Ever since childhood, injustice (real and perceived) that I’ve endured makes me pretty angry. The key to letting it go, said Pastor John, is coming to terms with the fact that God is sovereign. Do we trust Him to take care of the injustice, or do we carry it around and let the anger consume us?
Let go of old, unresolved guilt. Confession gets me forgiveness, but my conscience doesn’t always let go of the guilt. As David requested in Psalm 51:12, “Restore to me the joy of your salvation.” It struck me as Pastor John was dealing with this point that the recovery movement (especially Celebrate Recovery) has a very systematic way to work through this and achieve a renewed conscience.
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