Letting Go

Letting Go

Pre Game 

“Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.” 

Exodus 11:10 NIV

Warm Up

In sports and life you can measure how much someone or something has control and influence in your life by how easy or hard it is to let it go. If we think about it...the most valuable people and things to us are the hardest to let go. The least valuable things are easy to let go. Pharaoh struggled to let the Israelites go, even though God had told him clearly to do so. The Israelites were extremely valuable to him and the country's economy.  But the Lord clearly told him to let them go.

So what about you and me? Is there anything in sports and life that we hold on to very tight that we deem as important? Is there anything or anyone in our lives that the Lord has told us clearly to let go of?

Jesus told His disciples in Luke 14:33:  "In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples." Are you and I willing to let everything go that The Lord asks of us? He asked His disciples to give up their money, house, friends, family, things, and anything else besides God.

     

Game Time

Are we willing to let go when The Lord asks us?