February 12, 2016

Trust in God

This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it.

-- Isaiah 30:15

Quietness is one of the hardest things to do. Resting in our salvation isn’t that easy either. Admitting our sins can be so hard. And trust, well, we could probably find thousands of reasons not to trust.

And yet that is what God calls us to do. Why do we refuse it?

We’d rather do it ourselves -- whatever it is -- than wait for God to save us. Then when we get in over our heads we cry out to Him because, really, He’s the only One who can save us.

Our lives are filled with busyness. We don’t know what it’s like anymore to be left quietly alone with our thoughts and our prayers. How can we hear God’s voice above the drone of all the noise? Is it any wonder that we are so lost even when we try to find His will?

Trusting God sounds so easy. We know He is Sovereign Lord. We know He can do anything. We just don’t always trust that He will do what we want. Okay. There’s the truth. What we want. Not what God wants.

Yeah, I know. We want God to want what we want. And we want to want what He wants. But, and you know this, God knows best. Always. So if He doesn’t want that for you or me, why in the world would we want it for ourselves?

There’s also that issue of timing. Sometimes God calls us to wait. We don’t want to wait. We live in an instant world and we really don’t know how to wait. But when God says to wait, we need to wait. No matter what we want. And no matter what anyone else says. God has a reason and rushing ahead could bring disaster.

Trust God to fight for you. Trust God to lead you on the right path. Trust God. Then rest in His peace.