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Today's blog post: In Whom Do You Trust?
“Commit
your way to the Lord; trust in Him and he will act." Psalm
37:5 / New American Bible (NAB)
For
the best outcome, whenever starting something new, a new school year, a new
job, a new family, etc…, it is important to commit your way to the Lord as you
go through your daily life, even while doing the ordinary, the mundane. Yes, we
all know that we need to work hard and believe in ourselves to succeed; we need
to do our part.
As
Bible reading Christians, we need to believe that all true and enduring power
comes from trusting Jesus Christ, the Great Healer, Comforter, Protector,
Guide, Lover of Souls, friend, Lord, and Savior—eternal and living in our daily
lives. Yes, Jesus is all these things. It is through trusting Him that peace that
surpasses all understanding, and discernment freely flow. In God’s generous
grace, through His saving hand of His Only Son, Jesus, we are able to
accomplish far more than we ever could on our own, especially in times of
adversity. He will step up and step in when we call upon the holy name of
Jesus.
Certainly
there are limits to what anyone can accomplish on our own as Matthew 19:26
tells us:
“For human beings this is impossible, but
for God all things are possible.”
To forge a connection with God is to establish a
life source to fall back on, even, and especially, to trust and depend on His
Only Son, Jesus Christ. Some may say God is a crutch, and that they are
self-made and have no use for Him in their lives. They prefer to go it
alone—but perhaps they do so with great risk. God our Creator knows each of us
inside and out, whether or not we believe in Him or His Son, Jesus Christ does
not change that fact. He stands in wait for us to believe in Him with sublime
trust, with the understanding that He will work all things for the good. Even
for those who have ‘done a lot of living, He stands in wait for us to turn to
Him with open arms.
For those life-long agnostics who don’t believe
in God—yet--(I personally don’t believe in atheism), I say take another look. God’s
majesty in nature is but a foretaste of his capabilities for those who follow
Him. Defined as Love, He Created all of Heaven and Earth, and all of humanity, and
stands close by those who love Him with all their being. As we trust God and seek
Jesus, the Great Healer, rather than the healing, we give God glory and He will
intervene on your behalf:
“Keep seeking and keep knocking and the door will
be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7
Someone asked me once about my belief in Jesus.
In a practical sense, He is like a large umbrella. If you stay close to Him,
and believe and trust in Him, He will keep you dry from the torrential rains
that occur throughout our lives. But we have to trust Him and stay under the
umbrella for that protection. Step away, and you will be drenched and left to
your own devices.
Trust is Jesus is not always easy. Sometimes it
is truly a leap of faith involving a high level of trust. Most often Christians
turn to Him in times of need. This sublime trust—a manifestation of faith, belief
in the unseen--brings discernment, peace and joy in the knowing He’s ‘got this.’
And He does!
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| Adele M. Gill
