"Let it go. Let it go. Can't hold it back anymore. Let it go. Let it go. Turn away and slam the door. I don't care what they're going to say. Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway."
This chorus from "Let It Go", the award-winning song in Frozen, strikes a chord deep inside of me. Elsa's ordeal is so well-portrayed that we ache with her, and the ache resurrects a longing deep inside for us to truly be free.
Let it go...
Jesus promised we would be free in Him. Free from everything Elsa longed to escape: fear, pain, other people's condemnation, the name 'monster'. Don't you ache to be free of the cruel names people have called you? Free from the fear that they're true? Free from the pain of hurting others. From the fear that we'll hurt and be hurt again.
Let it go...
The Apostle Paul said in II Corinthians 3:17, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." He tells us that liberty is meant to be used not for vice but for love. The movie Frozen carries this theme through to the end: the antidote to fear is love (I John 4:18). The power not to hurt others is found in the ability to bless. Can we bless even when others have imprisoned us, shamed us, judged us, been vindictive toward us? Ana's sacrifice brought Elsa freedom, and so does Jesus' sacrifice for us. His love conquered death. He showed us the better way. And He did it through the shedding of His own innocent blood on our behalf.
Let it go...
Do we hold onto what we want others to think of us? Or do we accept what Jesus already says about us? We're chosen, forgiven, beloved, set free. Let it go...
Let's not be one with wind and snow but with the Prince of Peace, King Jesus. Let's give Him our hearts and surrender all our life to Him. He won't disappoint us or fail us. He embraces us just as we are...just as He made us to be. He covers our failures and washes away our stains. Don't you know? He's made us for more than this world can offer...He made us for Himself.
Beloved, let it go.... Let it go... Let's believe Him and stand in Him today. Nothing can steal His love away. The Psalmist shouted in triumph that Jesus is the refuge, the hiding place, the secret place, where the storms can't touch. Elsa thought isolation was her haven of peace, but she discovered that she couldn't live separate from her people. Neither can we. Beloved, Jesus is our Cleft of Safety today.
