By Nancy Virden (c)2026

Let go and let God. What an easy phrase to throw around. It can sound critical of someone who is struggling. Supposedly, if we would just let go, God would solve our problems. As most humans understand intuitively, there is more to our responsibilities than that.

God never tells us in scripture to let go and rest in our hammocks. David, when he was facing an army, was told to run into the battle, though God’s angels would go ahead of him. It is one of my favorite accounts as David listened and heard the supernatural warriors crossing the tree tops over his head.

Job was given time to process his losses even as friends accused him of wrongdoing. He celebrated no quick healing and suffered much as he dealt with his pain. Hannah made a vow to send her son to live in the temple, and so she kept her vow, visiting him once per year. Joseph knew Mary’s pregnancy would draw stares and judgment, but when an angel told him to marry her, he did.

Each of these was in positions of danger, either to lose their reputation or risk scorn and loss, or, in David’s case, to win a physical war.

If any of these people had “let go” and paid no attention to their parts in the healing and victory processes, David would have lost the battle, Job would have cursed God and died, Hannah would have kept her son home, and we wouldn’t have Samuel the priest who anointed David king. Joseph would have “put Mary away quietly,” and the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ would have raised him as a single mother. Jesus would have been considered illegitimate, and public stigma may have prevented his ministry.

These people faced hardship and emotional pain with determination and valor. They strove, kept their promises, and did not waver in their missions. The scorn of others did not stop them from obeying God’s commands. They reverenced Him, honored Him, and let Him be God.

They were not perfect, and some fouled up. Nevertheless, they teach us to let go and to let God. Letting go means handing over worry, the best we can, to trust God in all things, to know He is always good, and to release control.

Letting God means to believe His promises, to not stand defiantly in His way, and to praise and worship Him for the good He is doing on your behalf. By this, you can rest.

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Today’s Helpful Word

1 Chronicles 14:14-15

And once again, David asked God what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” God replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees. When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, go out and attack!

If you are feeling suicidal or concerned about someone who is, in the U.S., call 988, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. For a list of international suicide hotlines, go here.

If you are suicidal with a plan, immediately call 911 in the U.S. or go to your nearest emergency room; in the EU, call 112. (For other international emergency numbers, go here.) Hope and help are yours!

Always the Fight Ministries (ATFM) has been displaying compassion for those fighting mental illness, addiction, or abuse since 2012. Nancy is the founder and voice of ATFM and openly shares her emotional resurrection from despair. 

NOTE: Nancy is not a doctor or a mental health professional and speaks only from personal experience and observations. This website is not intended to substitute for professional mental or behavioral health care.

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