LET GOD?

A popular phrase Ernest Lee hears is, “Let go and let God.” Carrie Underwood sang, “Jesus, take the wheel,” a kinda practical adaption of the phrase. Ernest Lee has a problem with the expression and here is why:

(1) It puts man in control. It implies a man can have enough faith to deflect trouble. By stating man is ‘letting God’ take control, it implies God is dependent on man’s action to act. God doesn’t require man’s permission to take the wheel or take control. He acts sovereignly- rightly-timely. He isn’t wringing His hands in heaven waiting for man to do something so He can do something. He doesn’t have to wait to take the wheel- he can and does do it without our asking.

(2) It promotes external piety. People who ‘let go’ are viewed as those who have achieved a spiritual breakthrough and are more enlightened than other believers. It invokes the heresy of the Higher Life movement (Keswickian theology) that a believer needs to experience a second work or second blessing from God. That is completely unscriptural!

Believers should be surrendered to God, but they must recognize they don’t LET Him do anything. They don’t grant Him permission to intervene in their lives. Many who use the phrase LET GOD don’t subscribe to Keswickian theology. They aren’t trying to manage God. They believe He is sovereign. They don’t practice external piety. It’s those folks Ernest Lee is trying to educate. Brothers and Sisters- NEVER USE THE PHRASE LET GOD EVER! It flies in the face of who God is.