Loosely Let Go and Tightly Let God

Fear is a cowardly ugly sight that belittles a person.  In Mark 14: 66-72, Peter is reduced to a caged animal in despair. His fear gripped him completely. His fear of losing life and all that he understood this side of heaven became his god. His faith in faith became his downfall, when his faith in Jesus should have been his uphill. How often does fear control us? And how is freedom found in this fear? 

Holding our life, our plans, our aspirations and our goals in this life loosely is the key.  To hold this side of heaven loosely is to hold heaven tightly. We should never expect heaven to be a continuation of earth; where’s the hope in that? For heaven is unlike anything we can shape; and thankfully this is true, for why would we want more of this?

In heaven, time will be warped into eternity; the rhythm of seconds, minutes and hours will no longer confine us; deadlines will not be needed to overrule our sluggish tendencies; we will ceaselessly be fashioned into eternity’s domain.

Fear will not be known, only faith. Increased faith will not be prayed for; it will identify us; it will continue us; we will only be recognized by this trait. While fear this side of heaven is our horror, faith in heaven is our only existence.

This side of heaven we only know blessing and the longing for intimacy; in heaven, however, blessing will be our being and intimacy will be our reality; no longer will hope be our longing, for hope will translate into assurance, and the abstract of assurance will materialize into flesh. 

Because Steven filled with the Holy Spirit longed and sought to see heaven open and grasped the sight of Jesus standing at the right hand of God, he was able to loosely release all the fear of affliction and the hope of this world in exchange for the reception of God’s glory.  He left earth long before being received in glory. (Acts 7:54-60).

Our aim is to loosely let go and tightly let God.