Making Peace with What I Can’t Control

Lay down the exhausting work of trying to control what was never yours to carry.

It’s not that we want to be controlling people; it’s just that we want to prevent bad things from happening and bring stability to the chaos. Especially when we are afraid of what God seems to be allowing. So we come up with plans and get intentional about trying to make everyone around us line up with what we think is best.

We’re desperate to prevent another hardship, more heartbreak, and emotional turmoil that feels so unnecessary. But this leads to a counterfeit version of control where we believe everything depends on us, a crushing weight we were never meant to bear.

Lysa TerKeurst addresses the tension between trusting God and taking matters into our own hands. She explores the fears that fuel control, the line between healthy responsibility and fear-driven intervention, and honest questions about what God is allowing.

Together, we’ll learn to take the weight of the world off our shoulders and hand over to God what was always supposed to be His to carry.