TRUST IN THE LORD

Proverbs 3:5; Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (KJV)

We are to trust in the Lord with all of our heart, and not lean on our understanding. Our God is a loving God, and He will only lead us down the path that is best for us. That doesn’t mean that it will be easy, the way we want, or even make sense. What it will be is worth it. 

Now, let me just go a bit into what trusting God looks like. It is actually pretty simple. Here it is. Follow God when you don’t know where to go, and keep on having faith that He is faithful to deliver on His promises even when it seems like nothing is going right. Trusting God, in a sense, can look like having the world fall on you, but you still keep going. It can look like having many loved ones die, figuring out people were lying to you, realizing that the world isn’t what you thought it was, and being poor, and despite all that you continue saying, “God may your will be done,” and continue living with Him, and doing everything like it is meant for Him. Trusting God looks like giving up control, which is basically like saying I know my way seems better and can get me out of everything, but I trust that your way is better and I’ll let you choose my path, and giving up having to know everything you could possibly know. It looks like giving Him everything. 

Yeah, pretty simple explanation. Nothing too deep. But that is trust. It flows deep, but it’s mostly just saying that if I am in a life or death situation, this is the person I want by my side. It’s believing they have your best interests at heart, and it’s really just believing in them. Believing that they have your back. Jesus has your back, always has, still does, and always will. So believe that He does.

You might, seemingly, be facing a road block. Maybe, nothing is going your way. Maybe, you are dealing with something heavy. Maybe, you want to step out in faith, but you feel like you can’t move. Maybe, you feel like you will never get out of a certain situation. Maybe, there is something in your life that makes you unsure about whether or not it can be fixed.

But know that God always has you. It may not make sense right now. It may never make sense. But that doesn’t mean God doesn’t still have you. He will never let you go, and He has a plan for everything. So, just trust Him, okay?

CHRISTOPHER HANEY