..Trust... Trusting in the Lord... learning to trust Him is a journey... it seems that when we learn to trust Him for one thing there is a new area of our lives where trusting seems really hard...If I was God the Father... I would get a little annoyed with my children...
He has never done anything to make us doubt that we can trust Him.
He alone knows what is best for us. He has proven His love for us when He willingly gave His son to pay for our sins.
He has given us the Holy Spirit and with Him all we need for life and godliness.
He provides and heals, He directs and guides, He has given us eternal life with Him and He promises never to leave us or forsake us.
He continues to bless us, every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. ( James 1:17)
He is holy and unable to sin, so He has never hurt us. Nor will He ever betray us...
And there we are, still having a hard time trusting Him.....
Let's take another approach...
He is the Sovereign God, the Almighty, the Creator of the Heaven and the Earth,
Then Job replied to the LORD:
“I know that you can do all things;
no purpose of yours can be thwarted. (Job 42:1+2)
He is the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, He is in control of all things,
In His sovereignty He promises us:
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ( Jeremiah 29:11)
And what do we think? How do we come up with the idea that we could choose not to let God control all things? Why do we think we need to surrender to God and allow Him to do what He is doing anyways... He will do what He will do no matter if we trust Him and give up our will.... why is it so important for us to come to that point though?
It has to do with who God is and how much He loves us... He not only is sovereign, He is also promising us peace if we bring all our requests to Him in thanksgiving.. leaving them at His throne, trusting His goodness and that He will make all things beautiful in His time...
so no matter if I am finally admitting that He is the One in control over if my children will come to walk with Him closely, or if my future will hold the fulfillment of meeting this wonderful godly man, it is Him who is going to decide that... not me... the benefit of trusting Him and surrendering to Him is the peace that I can find when I do it.... and then be free to focus on Him and the purpose of my life which is to bring Glory to Him.... forever and ever, Amen
