Oh so many ways this challenged my heart this morning...


To the unbeliever, the notion of "trust" in God is a challenge to Him to grant what one wants. When Jesus hung nailed to the cross, passersby hurled abuse at Him: "Come down. Save yourself!" The chief priests, lawyers and elders (learned, logical leaders) mocked Him: "King of Israel indeed! Let Him come down now from the cross and then we will believe Him. Did He trust in God? Let God rescue Him." (Matt. 27:42-43).

Real trust yields utterly to the one trusted. All desire is turned over to that one, believing his ability to manage, control, and finally to accomplish what is best. When we pray, we should beware lest we line ourselves up with the mockers of Jesus -- "If You do such and such, then I will trust You!" We need to learn rather to let God rescue us in His own way. It may not be escape from suffering, but death--followed by so much more glorious a rescue--resurrection!

Lord, teach me this trust.

~ Elisabeth Elliot


Trust is not something that comes easily or naturally for me! In fact, I could say it's possibly been one of the hardest lessons to learn ~ never realized before how much I want to be in control or at least KNOW the outcome of my circumstances or have answers to my questions right now!! it's been a matter of growth in grace and learning to trace and rely on the faithfulness of God in the past and believing that He never changes so He will still be faithful, that His heart is GOOD, and that things are not as they seem, that in every circumstance He truly is doing a thousand different things that I can't see and couldn't possibly know. And learning that even though He sees things as they really are ~ Jesus is not merely an onlooker, but that He is with me in life's so-called distresses and the bumps & bruises that happen along the way, in the weeping that endures for the night just as He is there when the morning comes! Grateful that He continues to teach me and give grace to trust Him more.

"Morning by morning I wake up to find
the power and comfort of God's hand in mine.
Season by season I watch him amazed, in
awe of the mystery of his perfect ways

I can't remember a trial or a pain he did
not recycle to bring me gain. I can't
remember one single regret in serving
God only and trusting his hand

"This is my anthem, this is my song, the
theme of the stories I've heard for so long.
God has been faithful, he will be again.
His loving compassion, it knows no end.

All I have need of His hand will provide.
He's always been faithful to me"

~ "He's always been Faithful" by Sara Groves

The WORD who was in the beginning with God is a living Person.
But He is more.

He is the living expression of what is on God's mind.
But He is more.

He is the living expression of what is on God's heart
But He is even more.

He is the very heart of the Almighty God if the universe
laid bare for all to see!

~~ Anne Graham Lotz