Let It Be

 "Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!" Job 6:8

I can relate to Job.  When a trial comes my way, the first thing I ask God for is to remove the trial. Trials hurt.

I'm sure when most of you read the title of my Blog this morning, your thoughts turned to a song recorded by the Beatles years and years ago, but it's actually a song that I recently heard on Christian Radio. I heard it as I was driving home from the airport and the words reminded me that Jesus went through everything that I would ever have to go through...and more.  Jesus was tempted just like I will be tempted, and He never sinned.  Jesus never resisted the Will of His heavenly Father, no matter the trial.

He even went to the Cross for me.

When I'm in the midst of a trial, when I'm going through a hard time, do I resist the Will of my heavenly Father, or do I tell him, 'Let it be.'  Let me go through this trial so that I can be more like You.  Do I resist the Potter's hands in my life, or do I let Him mold me into His image no matter how painful the trial may be. Can I be like Job, who praised God for allowing him to go through something that would make him more like his heavenly Father?

"But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." Job 23:10

Albert Barnes interprets this verse into two main principles:

God's Omniscience and His Refining Fire.  Job had total confidence that God saw him even in the dark. Even when others didn't understand what he was going through, he knew that God understood what he was going through.  Barnes also compares suffering to a crucible where fire burns away impurities. Just as intense heat purifies gold to make it more brilliant, Spiritual testing serves to purify the believer's character.

But we don't always remember that during our trial, do we? We just want it to be over.

Job had such a complete trust in His God, that even when everything and everyone had been removed from his life, to include his health, Job could still say, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust him:" Job 13:15

Lord, let me have the same faith and trust in my trial as Job did in his...

    to know that you have a purpose and a plan for me...

        and to know that you are molding me into your image...

            But that's just me!

"Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:" Job 11:16

Father, Let it Be

Sidewalk Prophets 2025

"I am a well, barren and dry,

Nothing left but emptiness on the inside,

I am a rope, burnt at both ends

Getting shorter every day and wearing thin,

If there's a purpose for the struggle that I'm in,

Father, let it be, help me to believe,

Jesus tell me stories of the times you felt like me,

Spirit, let me see the forest through the trees,

Help me understand these are the plans you have for me,

If it's your Will, God, let it be.

Here is my soul, desperate for you,

Praying the promises you made were for me too,

Here is my heart, torn but alive,

Beating, searching for someone to hear my cries.

Oh, I can feel you moving, I hear you calling me,

'fall deeper into my arms,' that's where I long to be,

You made the stars, You call me by name,

When I'm weary, You still hear me, so I'll pray,

Father, let it be, Help me to believe,

Jesus tell me stories of times you felt like me,

Spirit, let me see, the forest through the trees,

Help me understand these are the plans you have for me,

Give me patience and the strength to let You lead,

If it's your Will, God, let it be."