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Letting Go | When You Can’t Control the Outcome · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Welcome to the divine five fifteen pod
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  - podcast. Here is this week's devotional.
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  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha.
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  - Today, we are going to continue the letting
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  - go series by addressing
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  - what to do when you can't control the
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  - outcome.
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  - Scripture text today comes from Proverbs three five
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  - through six
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  - and says, trust in the Lord with all
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  - your heart and lean not on your own
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  - understanding.
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  - Well,
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  - we like knowing how things are going to
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  - turn out.
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  - Right? If you're like most people,
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  - surprises are not always a good thing, especially
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  - if you've had a negative experience
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  - with something.
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  - So when life feels uncertain, we plan more,
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  - think more,
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  - analyze more, and sometimes worry more.
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  - I think we worry probably more than all
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  - the others think sometimes,
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  - but
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  - we try to control the conversation.
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  - The timeline, the relationship,
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  - the opportunity,
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  - and the outcome,
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  - which by the way, none of these things
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  - are implementing our faith, which is what we
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  - should be exercising.
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  - But eventually, we discover something uncomfortable,
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  - and that is that some things are simply
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  - beyond our control.
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  - Now control often gives us a temporary sense
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  - of security.
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  - I mean, let's face it. If we can
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  - manage every detail, maybe we can prevent disappointment.
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  - Well, good luck with that. Just being human
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  - will will throw a monkey wrench in that,
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  - but we're still gonna try to control what
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  - belongs to God eventually,
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  - which is gonna lead to exhaustion.
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  - But trust asks us to do something different,
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  - to do what God has given us
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  - responsibility
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  - to do,
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  - then release the outcome to him.
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  - Now where prayer comes in is that it
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  - helps us separate
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  - responsibility
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  - from control.
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  - It
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  - causes us
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  - to look
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  - at
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  - and ask
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  - what is mine to do?
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  - And then
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  - what part belongs to God,
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  - Which is often questions that we never really
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  - take the time
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  - to address or think about, but are very,
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  - very important
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  - since God is very collaborative
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  - in our relationships
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  - with him.
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  - I mean, think about it.
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  - Do what is yours? Faithfully
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  - release the rest prayerfully.
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  - That's what surrender is.
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  - Not passivity.
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  - It's not about giving up.
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  - It's about trust.
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  - And so that being said,
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  - we have to take all of this to
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  - the throne.
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  - Heavenly father, help us recognize
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  - where we're trying to control what belongs
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  - in your hands.
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  - Give us wisdom to handle our responsibilities
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  - faithfully
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  - and faith to release the outcome to you.
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  - And when uncertainty makes us anxious, remind us
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  - that you are already there
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  - and we can make an intentional
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  - choice to trust you, and we will bless
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  - you in Jesus' name.
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  - Well,
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  - today,
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  - take a moment,
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  - pen and paper, and
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  - write two columns.
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  - On one side,
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  - put what can I do?
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  - And on the other side, what I must
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  - trust God with.
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  - Then
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  - pray over them both because it's going to
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  - take both of them to get you to
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  - the end result that God wants for you.
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  - And then to go to the next level,
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  - we welcome you inside the inner chamber where
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  - we're learning practical ways to build prayer into
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  - the situations we face every day with scripture
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  - based encouragement to help us keep growing.
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  - And it's as simple as
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  - going to divine515org/free.
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  - And until next time, do what you can
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  - and trust God with what you can't.