Trusting In God

Dictionary.com defines trust as reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence: confident expectation of something; hope: a person on whom or thing on which one relies.

We all have trust in something or someone. We trust that our mates will love and honor us. We trust our friends will be our friends. We trust our cars to get us where we want to go. We trust that we will be paid for the job we do. We trust that the light will come on when we flip the switch. TRUST--a word we use very loosely and very deeply. It is something that on some level of life we use everyday and don't even think about. Like Nike we Just Do It.

So how do we get so confused when we put it to God? How do we get so lost? How come we don't know HOW to trust in God? We didn't give it one thought when we went to flip the light switch. We were confident the light would come on. We relied on it to see what we were walking into and our ability was there to flip the switch. So where does it get hard when we add the God factor to it?

I have been asked more than once "How do you just trust God?" To which each time I replied--"You just do." Not the best answer I know but I didn't have the words to explain. The more I think about it, the more I come back to believing in the fact that God really does LOVE me. Every time I think of 'trust in God', I think of love. God loved me enough to give His son to die for my sins; my sins yesterday, my sins today and my sins tomorrow. How could I doubt such a loving God not to trust in HIM?

So what does it mean to 'Trust in God'? There are times I think it is as simple as flipping the light switch and there are other times I think it is as deep as trusting our mates or friends. The only difference is that God will NEVER fail us. There will be times we do it with no thought at all and there will be times we will have to say to ourselves Proverds3:5&6--Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. That is where I always come back to love. If I know that HE LOVES me then I have to trust that HE has a good plan for me(Jer.29:11). If I know HE has a good plan for me and I know that I have called on HIM and came to HIM and prayed to HIM(Jer.29:12), then I will find HIM. Trust has to be there in it all. Trust is not some words you just say---like--"Just Give It All to God" , "Let Go and Let God", "Jesus Take The Wheel", "Give God Control". Trust is not in watching how other Christains deal in their day to day lives. Trust is reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, confidence, hope in a God that loves us enough to give us HIS son on a cross so that we can have a new life in HIM.

I don't think there is any easy answer in the question "How do you just trust God?" I think it is in learning everyday in God's word and God's love. When you seek HIM you will find HIM! That is HIS promise to us.