Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. -Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord, and do good: so shalt thou dewell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight theyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thyine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. -Psalm 37:3-5
Trust... Trust that I know what is best for you; trust that I love you and hold you; trust that I can work all things together for good; trust that nothing catches me by surprise. -God (to me)
Trust the God who has proved Himself faithful over and over, throughout history and throughout my own life; believe that He is all that he claims. In theory this is wonderful but I am finding that practical, living it out trust is a bit harder than it seems.
It is hard to walk across a room and speak to a stranger about Jesus. It is difficult to see a loved one struggle with pain, or to watch someone cry out to God for help only to, seemingly, get no answer. Hard to trust God to keep you needs supplied when you loose your job; to believe that God wants you to share limited resources.
The things I find the hardest to entrust to God are the "little things" in life, the ones that I think I can handle myself. I also struggle to give my friends and family to God and believe that He is working in their lives even when I can not see it. These past few weeks, especially, have been hard in these areas; in letting go of control and trusting God to take care of the details.
Then God reminded me of the stain-glass windows I love so much... reminded me that He holds the master plan, and know where each piece of my life goes. He brought back many memories of things I did not understand as I went through them, but looking back I now can see how He has used many of them in my life and the lives of those around me. Then He reminded me of people who have impacted my life by something they said or did; people who don't know who I am or that what they did was significant to me.
Could I be satisfied with trusting Him even when I will never see results? Would I be willing to go where He sends me even if I could not see the whole path? Would I wait ,when everything in me was saying run? Could I let Him have complete control?
I want to say I say yes to all of those questions every time, but the truth is God is still teaching me to trust. I am a slow learner sometimes but He is so patient. I am so grateful we have a God who is trustworthy and loves us.
So remember, sometimes trust looks a lot like waiting, and sometimes it means leaping after you have looked and not seen anything to catch you. But, no matter what, God is worthy of all your trust.
Trust is a beautiful gift, one I am still learning how to give.
It is hard to walk across a room and speak to a stranger about Jesus. It is difficult to see a loved one struggle with pain, or to watch someone cry out to God for help only to, seemingly, get no answer. Hard to trust God to keep you needs supplied when you loose your job; to believe that God wants you to share limited resources.
The things I find the hardest to entrust to God are the "little things" in life, the ones that I think I can handle myself. I also struggle to give my friends and family to God and believe that He is working in their lives even when I can not see it. These past few weeks, especially, have been hard in these areas; in letting go of control and trusting God to take care of the details.
Then God reminded me of the stain-glass windows I love so much... reminded me that He holds the master plan, and know where each piece of my life goes. He brought back many memories of things I did not understand as I went through them, but looking back I now can see how He has used many of them in my life and the lives of those around me. Then He reminded me of people who have impacted my life by something they said or did; people who don't know who I am or that what they did was significant to me.
Could I be satisfied with trusting Him even when I will never see results? Would I be willing to go where He sends me even if I could not see the whole path? Would I wait ,when everything in me was saying run? Could I let Him have complete control?
I want to say I say yes to all of those questions every time, but the truth is God is still teaching me to trust. I am a slow learner sometimes but He is so patient. I am so grateful we have a God who is trustworthy and loves us.
So remember, sometimes trust looks a lot like waiting, and sometimes it means leaping after you have looked and not seen anything to catch you. But, no matter what, God is worthy of all your trust.
Trust is a beautiful gift, one I am still learning how to give.
