When it comes to trusting God it is sometimes quite the quandary. It sounds so simple "trust in God". And so I sit trusting in God, all the while jotting notes on "my" list of how He is going to respond to whatever trust issue I seem to be having that day. It's a very nice list, neatly written, thoughtful, insightful, creative - I have considered all the ways God will prevail in my circumstance. I even have a wonderful timeline and order in which things need to happen. I say I am trusting in God and sit happily by with pencil poised, ready to begin checking off the list.
The only problem is - God doesn't need my list. I find that often I am trusting and finding comfort more in my list, than in God - who can do and is capable of doing all! More often than not, my list is the source of doubt, and discouragement. My list, whether on paper or in my mind, limits the very being of God and the very essence of what He may be trying to accomplish in my circumstances. If I refer to my notes, I scrawl out what I perceive to be God's purpose - but that can be so far from the facts!
Two verses drive that home that "ironically" I was led to read recently.
"Who ever trust in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like green grass" Proverbs 11:28
"He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe." Proverbs 28:26
As I wad up my list, I am left with more questions than I started with. I guess that's where I need to trust God for the answers with no paper or pencils in sight.
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