Beloved, when you allow someone else’s wrongful treatment of you to remain a bastion in your life then you are relinquishing your power to that individual.
I am in no way trivializing trauma and abuse which are serious
conditions that need to be properly dealt with due to their long-term emotional
and psychological effects. Even if it is not deemed as serious as that, living in
dysfunction because of another’s actions even after that person is no longer a
part of your life is allowing them to have power over you. Don’t give them that
power, take it back.
Apostle Paul in his second letter to the Corinthian church
members said,
That is why, for Christ’s
sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in
persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (12:10
NIV)
On the surface, For when I am
weak, then I am strong seems to make no sense, but Paul was saying
that he was not dependent on his own strength, instead when faced with all
kinds of troubles that he was incapable of handling, he was in the habit of
relinquishing his power to Christ Jesus.
In Psalm 27 verse 1, the psalmist says, The Lord is the stronghold of my life, and you must do the same, recognizing
that it is the Lord in whom your power rests. The psalmist, in the same verse,
goes on to ask, of whom shall I be
afraid?
When the Lord
is your strength, you don’t have to live fearfully; you don’t have to settle
for unhealthy relationships; you don’t have to suffer all the issues that
dysfunction brings.
Place your
trust in God at all times, He is the rock of your strength (Psalm 62:7 &
8); rely on Him and in the power of His might (ref. Ephesians 6:10).
It is not an
easy road to walk and may not happen overnight, though with God all things are possible (Matthew
19:26).
Beloved, relinquishing your power to God does not make you weak,
it makes you strong. So, keep
trusting in God and in His power and not your own.
Amen †
Shelley
Johnson “Relinquishing Your Power” ©2026 February 14, 2026
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