A prayer of release to God for what we cannot control by Debbie McDaniel.

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.

He will never permit the righteous to be moved, Psalm 55-22.

So often in life, we may find this to be true.

We hold on too tightly to things we were never meant to control.

It's hard sometimes to let go.

We struggle to change things.

We strive hard to maintain order and keep all in line.

But when problems mount high and pressures feel overwhelming, we begin to understand more

fully how little control we really have.

Maybe we look all different places for help.

Yet forget we can press in towards our Savior.

Maybe we forget that He never changes.

And He still holds the power to heal and set free.

Maybe we don't believe that He can or wants to work on our behalf.

Maybe we forget at times that He's still the God of miracles, that He can act immediately,

that He can do in a moment what might take years for us to work through on our own.

Let's sit aside our fears and move towards Him today in faith.

Let's press it in close and reach out to the one who is all-powerful, compassionate,

loving and kind.

He knows already the wounds and troubles we've carried.

He knows the pain and worries we've felt.

...