Letting Go and Trusting God

Scripture:
If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him.
1 John 5:14 -15

Observation:
John gives us quiet confidence. When our requests line up with God’s will, He hears us. Not maybe. Not eventually. He hears. And when He hears, we can rest knowing He is already at work, even before we see the outcome.

Application:
I have wrestled with letting go of tasks I perform well.

In one of my companies, I was the best closer on the sales team. I knew the pitch. I knew the objections. I could feel when a deal was about to stall and pull it back. But the longer I held onto that role, the more it bottlenecked growth. The team stayed dependent on me. Our systems stayed shallow. And deep down, I was holding on because it felt secure.

I told myself it was stewardship. In reality, some of it was fear.

This verse forces a harder question. Do I actually trust that God hears me when I ask Him to grow the business His way? Do I believe that if scaling the team, building better systems, and empowering others is according to His will, then He will cover the gap when I step back?

The character trait this presses into me is humility.

Humility says I am not the savior of this company. Humility says the business can grow without my hands on every lever. Humility prays first and then acts in alignment with what God is building, not what protects my ego.

When I finally delegated sales leadership, it was messy. A few deals were lost. A few calls were awkward. But over time, the team matured. We documented processes. We trained better. Revenue became less dependent on my energy and more dependent on the system. That shift created freedom at home too. I was more present with my wife and kids because I was not carrying every outcome on my shoulders.

As leaders, we often pray for growth, scale, and impact. But if God’s will includes developing people under us, then holding onto everything ourselves may actually work against the very prayers we are praying.

So now when I feel that tension, I try to pause and ask, Lord, is my grip aligned with Your will, or is it protecting my identity? If He hears me, and I am asking in line with His design for leadership, then I can loosen my grip with confidence.

Prayer:
Lord, help me trust that You hear me.
Align my desires with Your will for my business and my family.
Give me humility to release what I should no longer hold.
Grow the people around me as I step back in faith.

Build With God,
Bill

P.S. Identify one task you are holding tightly and schedule a 15 minute handoff conversation with the person who could grow by owning it.

P.P.S. Further reading: Proverbs 16:3, James 4:10, Ephesians 4:11-12