This powerful word means "leave behind, give up, give over, stop holding on to, release, yield, commit, deposit, surrender."

     The meaning is illustrated in Paul's farewell to church leaders: "Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace" (Acts 20:32). Sometimes in prayer we worry over issues or people. Instead, pray. . . 

     "Lord, this challenge is too big for me. I therefore relinquish this issue, this person, to You, and by faith accept that you are now 100 percent in charge of it for Your glory and for the greatest blessing possible."