“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me." (John 14:1 NLT)
While none of us wants to admit it, we don't always trust in the Lord with our full heart - mind, will, and emotions. We may get our mind to 'say' we are trusting him, but our emotions are all over the board when facing whatever it is that is giving us cause for anxiety or 'stress' in life. The will to trust is not always there, is it? We 'want' to trust, but we somehow hold out on fully trusting him with the situation as evidenced by our continual interference in whatever it is we are trusting him to do on our behalf. Trusting God is indeed harder than we may think, requires more fortitude than our willpower can muster, and gets overridden by all the emotions our hormones can produce at any given moment.
Trust is more than a mindset, but it is good that we set our minds on him and his will for our lives. It is more than bringing our emotions under control, but it is good to worship him until things are settled in our emotions. When we are trusting God, we are putting all our hope in his 'reliability' - in other words, he will do what he says he will do because he has always done what he said he would do. We don't always understand what he is doing, but that doesn't mean we aren't trusting him to do it. We don't have to understand - we just need to remember he is 'reliable' 100% of the time - no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
Proverbs 3:5 tells us to trust in the Lord with all of our hearts and lean not on our own understanding. Mind, will, and emotions - all aligned and leaning on his promises, not just what we can comprehend or understand. We have plans, but they aren't always moving us in the direction of what God is doing. We have access to all manner of 'worldly wisdom', especially with access to the World Wide Web, but we may not find the answers to the issues at hand in that wisdom. It may be hard for us to understand, but God's plans are always 'purposeful' - they aren't haphazard. We can trust that if we are walking with him, he will orchestrate our steps in just the right path. BUT...we need to allow his leading.
We might find our own solutions to life's challenges are 'okay' on occasion. That is because God gives us the common sense to not drive off a cliff, check the circuit breaker when no lights are coming on, or to avoid being around someone who is highly contagious. When life throws us challenges we don't always understand, we can trust his wisdom and guidance to help us navigate BEYOND our ability to understand. Just sayin!
While none of us wants to admit it, we don't always trust in the Lord with our full heart - mind, will, and emotions. We may get our mind to 'say' we are trusting him, but our emotions are all over the board when facing whatever it is that is giving us cause for anxiety or 'stress' in life. The will to trust is not always there, is it? We 'want' to trust, but we somehow hold out on fully trusting him with the situation as evidenced by our continual interference in whatever it is we are trusting him to do on our behalf. Trusting God is indeed harder than we may think, requires more fortitude than our willpower can muster, and gets overridden by all the emotions our hormones can produce at any given moment.
Trust is more than a mindset, but it is good that we set our minds on him and his will for our lives. It is more than bringing our emotions under control, but it is good to worship him until things are settled in our emotions. When we are trusting God, we are putting all our hope in his 'reliability' - in other words, he will do what he says he will do because he has always done what he said he would do. We don't always understand what he is doing, but that doesn't mean we aren't trusting him to do it. We don't have to understand - we just need to remember he is 'reliable' 100% of the time - no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
Proverbs 3:5 tells us to trust in the Lord with all of our hearts and lean not on our own understanding. Mind, will, and emotions - all aligned and leaning on his promises, not just what we can comprehend or understand. We have plans, but they aren't always moving us in the direction of what God is doing. We have access to all manner of 'worldly wisdom', especially with access to the World Wide Web, but we may not find the answers to the issues at hand in that wisdom. It may be hard for us to understand, but God's plans are always 'purposeful' - they aren't haphazard. We can trust that if we are walking with him, he will orchestrate our steps in just the right path. BUT...we need to allow his leading.
We might find our own solutions to life's challenges are 'okay' on occasion. That is because God gives us the common sense to not drive off a cliff, check the circuit breaker when no lights are coming on, or to avoid being around someone who is highly contagious. When life throws us challenges we don't always understand, we can trust his wisdom and guidance to help us navigate BEYOND our ability to understand. Just sayin!
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