FOR YOUR SPIRIT-God, can I really trust You?
I received a prayer request this morning from someone who was struggling in the process of trusting and waiting on God. The person’s faith was wavering because a prayer request they were waiting on was not being fulfilled after years of waiting. Believe me, I get that.
After responding to the person, I thought…”Do we often struggle with the trusting process?” As children, it is so easy. However, as adults, we have learned too well that trusting is not easy at all. I wanted to offer my response to you who may also be struggling as encouragement.
“What you are feeling is normal. When situations don’t move in the way we expect them to move in our timing, often the enemy puts the lie in our head, “See, if God was in this and He loved you, He would have done what you asked.”
Please don’t get tossed up in that huge lie. With each step we have to choose, “Do I really trust God and that He will ALWAYS do what is for my best regardless of what situations look like or Do I trust that God is going to always do what I ask because He loves me.” One is trusting God regardless of what is on the other side. The other is trusting He is obligated to do what I ask because He loves me. The problem with the second is not trusting at all. It says, “God, you’re only good and my trust is based on You giving me what I want.”
I don’t know, but perhaps God is handling more than just your situation. In the big picture, He can do ANYTHING. The bigger question to ask of God is, “What are you trying to show me about me?” God’s pleasure is to give His children all good things. His word states, “Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. (Psa 37:4) My favorite scripture states, ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” (Jer 29:11)
He cares way more about doing something in and through you to prepare you to receive it and ultimately for Him, than the easy task of just doing it. He’s God. My question to you is, “Is your faith wavering because God is untrustworthy and has changed from His word, or is your faith wavering because He is not doing what you want Him to do in your timing?”
Please know, that I’m not judging. I can only comment because I so get it and God continues to take me in a process of my own. There are things I have been praying for 10+ years about. There are needs like a car that I have placed before Him. I certainly have NOT arrived but in the process and journey of praying, getting angry, not understanding, asking God to talk to me like a 2-year-old so I will understand, and asking Him to show me what He is trying to change in me, I have realized something big. He loves me, hopes for me, and has a passion for my life more than I could ever imagine. He could have just given me the stuff. Praise God He knows and always does what is best instead of treating me like a not-so-good parent, just giving me everything I ask for. Through His process, I trust and love Him period whether I ever get the requests I ask for or not. That is the place where He wants us…the stuff however it looks comes.
This I know. He never fails. He desires, first our love and trust in Him and everything else He will take care of even if it is not in our timing. God’s priority is you. He desires to bring us to a point of saying, “God, I surrender my life to you. I place my trust in YOU regardless of the process, situations, or events that I see. You know what I don’t know. You said you will always do what is best for me. I trust You and that even though I don’t know what is happening or can’t see the big picture, You are at work. I won’t trust what I see, I will trust You. And I certainly will hold onto the truth of Your word instead of my feelings and lies.”
You can do this!
Charlotte
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