PS 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.

Many times in life we can start off with things that are of God, but long after He is finished with them still be trying to keep them alive artificially through fleshly efforts. It can be easy for us to keep doing "fleshly CPR" on things like relationships, jobs, ministry, and especially personal desires, when we really should just take our hands off of it all, and let it die if need be. Usually we don't want to pull the plug on something because we have gotten so used to it and it's meeting a need in some way, but if God is not supporting it then why should we?

EPH 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

Since we as humans can gather and accumulate lots of flesh junk along the way, it's good to allow everything in our life to exist based only on God's grace, and not on elbow grease. You might be surprised at just how much we have going in our lives that we really don't even need to be doing. There may also be others that have been pushing you to keep supporting something just because it meets their needs in some way, but that is never a good reason to keep doing something. Work after God's completion, just equals futile flesh and depletion.

PR 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

I remember one summer as a youth where I worked as a janitor; I was told to go buff the floors in a certain hallway, but as soon as I grabbed the handle of the buffer it started, and it went crashing into everything. My supervisor kept saying "Just let it go!", but I was afraid of the damage it would do if I did. Finally, I did let it go and all the chaos stopped. Apparently, the on switch to the buffer was hidden in the handle and you couldn't see it, so I had to trust my boss and just let it go. We too must trust in God's control, when we release our control.

MT 11:30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

If it feels like you are struggling and striving to keep things alive in your life, then maybe it's time to just stop pushing things in the flesh, and to let God make it live or die. We don't get rewarded for dead works, only living works that come from God's direction. Don't worry if others get upset about it because they are only thinking of themselves and not you if they are asking you to wear yourself out in the flesh doing things that God doesn't require of you. Jesus said that His burden was light, not heavy, so why carry around all the extra weight?

JN 11:21 "Lord," Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask."

Jesus knew that Lazarus had to die in order for His power to bring him back to life and for people's faith to be strengthened. Once you let your Lazarus's die in your life God will bring all the ones back to life that are supposed to still be there. Remember, no grace means no point, so if the spiritual life of something is gone, there is no reason to keep trying to breathe new life into it. Everything that's supposed to be alive in your life will rise again and then you can start over with what's actually still supposed to be there. If there's no juice, cut it loose.

JN 5:19 Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.

Do only what God is doing, and don't feel like it's your job to do everything for everyone around you. The world goes on even if we're not codependently meeting every need around us. Learn to rest, flow, and abide, and to do all your works by faith and God's grace (divine enablement). Let go of control today, and let the chips fall where they may. Life is too short to be burning ourselves out on things that God is finished with. Ask God what He wants and just focus on that. Take your life off artificial life support and let God bring new things to you.

ISA 43:19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.