L-E-T-G-O

Let go and let God.

There was a boy who worshipped in a church in East Houston that had a big white sign with broad black letters that read, “Let go and let God.” He looked at those five words every Sunday for several years. “Let go and let God.” They sounded great, and whoever put them up there wanted them to speak to everybody.

The origin of this big white sign with broad black letters is well documented: A college student back in the 19th century took six postcards and wrote a large letter on each one of the postcards: L-E-T-G-O-D. He then put them on the mantelpiece in his room where he was living at school.

One evening a draft blew through the window and the “D” blew away. As he picked it up, what he saw seemed to be a message from God, five letters remained: L-E-T-G-O. Only by letting go can you let God carry out His will in your life.