Trust God
You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with a glorious, inexpressible joy. Your reward for trusting him, will be the salvation of your souls.
-- 1 Peter 1:8-9
Trust. The firm belief in the reliability or truth or strength of a person or a thing. That’s what the dictionary says. I just know trust is something that doesn’t always come easy.
But I trust God. Do you? Do you trust Him to always do the right thing? Do you believe He always has your best interests in mind? Do you believe He’ll always take care of you?
What about when the doctor gives you a cancer diagnosis? What about when your spouse is killed in a car wreck? What about when a tornado destroys your home and leaves you without any material possessions? What about…well, you get where I’m coming from. It’s easy to trust when life is going just fine. It’s not always so easy when bad things happen and we don’t understand why.
Yet it is that faith that carries us through. It is that trust that gives us strength. We trust God’s love even when we don’t understand His reasons. We believe His promise of salvation and eternal life even as we stumble in the darkness that sometimes surrounds us.
I’ve never seen Jesus. And yet I have. Again and again. I have felt His Presence in the deepest parts of my soul. I have sought His guidance in the darkest nights. I have cried out to God in agony and laughed aloud in joy. He is my God and my everything. I’m counting on Him today, just as I did yesterday and as I will each day I walk on this earth.
Trust. No. I don’t trust easily. But I trust God to walk by my side no matter where the road goes. I trust God to carry me when I don’t have the strength to make it through another minute. I trust God to love me no matter what I’ve done and to welcome me back no matter where I’ve gone.
How about you? Do you trust God? Tell Him. He’d love to hear from you.
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