Who's trusting who?

Another awesome devotional. Really made me think - especially with what our family's been going through.


God has been dealing with me about something I have never heard anyone address or ask. He has been asking me, "Do you TRUST ME as much as I TRUST you???" Wow! Now THAT is a tough question! It's not a tough question to answer.....due to the fact that I am quite SURE, I do NOT trust Him as much as HE trusts me. What makes it a tough question is the fact that I absolutely do NOT have a good answer as to "WHY" I don't trust Him as much as He trusts me. Are you with me? Let's face it, God trusts us like crazy! Think about it. He places us in positions to watch over His church, His children, His creations, and we constantly mess up, flub up, and fail, yet He continues to trust us. He trusts us to spread the Good News of Jesus to the world, He trusts us to deliver the truth, He trusts us with His money He allows us to use and have, and the list goes on and on. How do we know He trusts us? We know it because He never gives up on us.....regardless of how much we mess up. With all our faults, doubts, quirks, complaints, and a host of other things too long to list, He STILL TRUSTS US! HE STILL BLESSES US! HE STILL LOOKS OUT FOR US! HE IS STILL FAITHFUL TO US!

OK, now let's look at the other side of this equation; "us trusting Him." He has a PERFECT track record! And I do mean PERFECT! He takes care of us, He blesses us beyond our wildest imagination, He forgives us, He loves us, He corrects us in a way that makes us want to get right instead of feeling like a failure; and He does all of this NO MATTER WHAT! So, WHY is it that we don't TRUST HIM the way we should when He has such a GREAT track record??? WHY do we think He will NOT show up ON TIME??? WHY do we TRY TO FIX IT OURSELVES BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY THINK HE IS GOING TO SHOW UP TO FIX THINGS??? Wow, kind of eye-opening, huh?

I am "blown away" every day how He is taking care of my family, and all the details connected to us. I mean, BLOWN AWAY! Just when I think I have seen it all, and there is no other creative way for Him to come through on something, KAPOW!!! He does it again! He comes through in a way I never even dreamed of! Do you know what I mean? I am talking about everything from finances to feelings to speaking engagements. He just keeps on being faithful and TRUSTING IN ME, and yet, I have doubts as to whether or not "He can do it again!" I have the tendency to think like this: "Oh, I know He came through last week.....but you know....that was a one time thing! What about now? How could He possibly take care of this situation or that situation again?" And yet, He comes through. He not only comes through, but He comes through with a blaze of glory!!! He comes through in AWESOME and INCREDIBLE ways! And He does it consistently.

So, I'll ask it again, "Do you TRUST GOD as much as GODS TRUSTS you???" I don't know about you, but I am going to "flip that switch of faith" and I am going to do my best to move from TRYING TO TRUST to just TRUSTING. Period. No limitations. No pre-conceived ideas. No putting Him in a box that He has to work in. I am just going to TRUST HIM. I am going to TRUST HIM, as much as HE TRUSTS ME. How am I going to do this? The only thing I can think of is to spend either more or less distracted TIME WITH HIM. Why did I choose this? It's because I don't think you or I can trust ANYONE until we KNOW THEM. And we cannot KNOW THEM unless we SPEND TIME WITH THEM. And the MORE we SPEND TIME WITH THEM, then the MORE WE KNOW THEM. And the MORE WE KNOW THEM, the MORE WE CAN TRUST THEM. Right? Right. So,let's DIVE IN and begin to READ THE WORD OF GOD and SPEND QUALITY TIME with THE LORD better and more than ever. Let's do it until we reach the point where we "TRUST" more than we "TRY." Let's do it until WE TRUST HIM, as much as HE TRUSTS US........AMEN!!!