Let Them Pt.1
Become Series | Pastor Mike McClure,Jr
Let Them Pt.1
Become Series- PMJ
Galatians 1:10
Let Them by Mel Robins-
“Peace doesn’t come from controlling outcomes, it comes from releasing people and trusting God with the results.”
Proverbs 3:5- “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lead not on your own understanding”
Trust- not predict
Lead- not manage
Outcomes belong to God. Reactions belong to us.
Surrender is not passive it’s disciplined.
Surrender your reactions to God. Meaning I don’t let disappoint decide my demeanor.
I don’t let offense shape my obedience.
I don’t let delay define my devotion.
“Not my will, but Your’s be done”- Luke 22:42
Become is not about controlling outcomes, it’s about surrendering reactions.
You don’t become by force, you become by formation. God doesn’t force you into becoming, He waits to see if you will get into alignment so that He can form you.
Formation = Formed
Force tries to change your outcomes. Formation changes your nature. Force says do better, formation says be made new.
Force says work on your behavior, formation says work on your heart.
God rarely rushes transformation, He shapes it.
Biblical Examples:
Moses wasn’t forced into leadership, he was formed in obscurity .
David wasn’t forced onto the throne, he was formed in the fields.
He doesn’t force, He forms. He forms you through-
Proximity-shapes you ; the Disciples didn’t just believe in Jesus, they stayed close to Him. Formation starts with closeness. Forming only happens when you’re in the right proximity. Who you walk with shapes how you think, what you value, and what you normalize. Distance weakens discernment. Proximity sharpens in.
Process-stretches you ; Jesus didn’t rush their maturity. He allowed them to fail. Process is where impatience dies and character develops. You do not skip process without weakening purpose. Favor doesn’t mean that there is something special about you, it means there’s something on you.
Practice-seals you ; They didn’t just listen to Jesus, they tried. Practice turns revelation into rhythm. What you repeatedly do becomes who you eventually become.
This is how you BECOME.
Many of us fail bc we make distant decisions. Now I’m deciding without God.
I am at my best when I’m close to God. - A Word!
Sin is not the only thing that pulls you apart from God. Sometimes it’s competing covenants.
Prayer:
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5 Things I’m Grateful For
3 Ppl I’m Grateful For
3 Things You Want God to Do for Those 3 Ppl
3 Things You Want God to Block for Those Ppl
3 Things You Want God to Do For You
3 Things You’re Struggling With
John 15:4- “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.”
Remain- stay close
The shows that becoming flows from staying connected, not striving harder.
Philippians 1:6-
God does not rush what He intends to last. He wants to ensure that when you get it, you don’t lose it.
Proximity gives you access.
Process gives you depth.
Practice gives you consistency.
Sometimes the fastest way to BECOME who God designed, is to stop fighting who people choose to be.
Let them and let God-
Most of our frustration with life is not with God, but with people not acting the way we expected.
We burn emotional energy trying to manage reactions, opinions, loyalty, applause, timing, and understanding. God never asked you to manage people. He asked you to manage obedience. Galatians 1:10- Paul draws a clean line between approval and assignment!
People’s approval demand adjustment. God’s approval demands alignment.
You can’t chase affirmation and still carry authority. The moment you let applause become the goal, obedience stops being the standard.
Servanthood and people pleasing cannot co-exist. One answers to opinions and one answers to obedience.
The tension will be deciding whose approval you are being formed by.
Approval is a moving target-
Obedience is a sold foundation.
Who Gets the Final Stay?
Let Them Walk-Who leaves reveals who you are becoming… Filtration- God often thins before He sends. When people walk away, it often feels personal, but it’s often protective. Filtration is God removing what cannot go where He is taking you. God never wants your gift dependent on people. God is filtering distractions, dependencies, and even relations that would diluter what He is forming in you. God never subtracts without intention.
Let Them Misunderstand You- John 6:66 ; Because clarity comes after calling, not before it.
Selective Understanding- when people hear your calling through the filter of their comfort. They understand the part of you that benefits them.
You do not owe explanations to people who are not assigned to your becoming.
Sometimes people reduce you to the version of you they met when they first met you, they struggle to realize who God is forming you to become.
Clarity often produces conflict.