Isaiah 26:3 “You (God) will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, whose thoughts are fixed on You!”
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
I have lost count of the number of times I have read or have been advised to trust God. When tough times come along and the phrase ‘trust God’ comes out, how should that make us feel? How should we respond? To trust in God I know I need to surrender all to Him. However saying it is completely different to doing it. How do we trust God?
Our trust in God relates directly to our faith in Him. To trust in Him is to exercise faith, and that is a daily challenge. I don’t know about you , but I find myself often attempting to manipulate and control situations to suit my own gain. I think God needs a helping hand. I might try and justify it by saying that this is what God wants for me, or it’s God’s will.
However, I believe trying to obtain a godly goal independently of God is not what God would have for us. It’s in our nature to do things our way – to have things when we want them; to try and control our lives. But I’ve learnt the hard way that to have what we desire independent of God’s guidance and timing brings much pain and anguish to ourselves and others. Continue reading
