He Let It Go

Perhaps Jesus’ ultimate act of faith was not so much in coming

to earth as in leaving it. After a lifetime of preparation and only

three years of implementation and training, he had to look at

his mission and then let it go. “It is finished,” he said in his

dying breath...and then he let it go.

When you have done everything humanly possible ~ with a

project, with a business, with a relationship ~ then the only

thing left to do is to let “it” go.

In one of the movies about Indiana Jones, he and his father

are pursuing the Holy Grail. After many adventures and heartaches,

Indiana is finally at the precipice ~ about to grasp the

very item he and his father have been searching for. And yet,

so precarious is his position on the cliff, that his father realizes

if Indiana retrieves the grail, he will lose his balance and fall

into the pit below. As Indiana is about to lift up the prize, his

father whispers, “Let it go.” There is a long pause … and you

can see the anguish in Indiana’s face. Have they come all this

way for nothing? Can’t he finally grasp the treasure they’ve

been searching for? Can’t he finally make his father proud of

him? Another second passes … and his father takes his arm

and says more firmly, “Indiana … let it go.”

Indiana does as he is instructed, and the audience gasps. It is

so “un-Indiana” like ~ so un-Hollywood ~ that they should

come all this way for nothing … And yet, almost instantly, the

audience begins to realize that the trip wasn’t about getting the

grail: It was about spending time together on the journey ~

about being all tied up and facing death together and emerging

with a stronger relationship. That was the prize - the epiphany.

How often is God whispering to us to “Let it go.” Just as in the

movie, our Father has been with us on the journey and perhaps

is trying to tell us that, in this particular circumstance, to

grasp the prize might cause us to lose our balance and tumble

into a pit. It is then we can feel Him tugging at us, whispering,

“Let it go. It is finished. Let it go.” Jesus let it go. Have faith

in the seeds he has sown in your soul and know that if you just