“Trust me in the
midst of a messy day. Your inner calm—your peace in My presence—need not be
shaken by what is going on around you.”
(Sarah Young, “Jesus Calling”)
Welcome to Coffee Hour at Chicklit Power and Megan’s
Monday Mantra with Trench Classes United.
I am not particularly fond of medical tests. As I rested
on the medical exam table, shivering from the cold temperature of the room, I kept
reciting, “I love You Lord; I thank You Lord; I trust You Lord.” By the time I
got to the fourth repetition of, “I trust You Lord, I started to laugh at
myself …
This past year has been a very challenging one for me. If
it’s not my health issues, then it’s one of my dogs, or a loved one’s health
issue. It’s been one thing after another. Every time I manage to gather my
strength and energy, to face these challenges from a Godly perspective, another
wave comes crashing in and pulls me under. It’s like being caught in an
undertow - I just can’t seem to come up for air. I continue to express my love
for the Lord and thank Him for these faith-growing opportunities. I continue to
tell the Lord I trust him … yet, I find myself exhausting my own source of
strength to conjure up the trust I need to have in Him. I am weary and afraid.
There is no fear in trust, so I know if I am afraid, I am not fully trusting in
the Lord.
Why is it so easy to put our trust in the electricity
that turns on our TV’s, or in the “wisdom” of Amazon’s Alexa? Why is it so easy
to trust people of human knowledge and accomplishment, or a test result without
question? Why is it so easy to put our trust and dependency in our own
strengths and abilities? And why in the
world, do we get so surprised and indignant when one of the above does not
function the way we think it ought to?
Trust is only as good as the person or
source we put it in.
God’s Word promises we can trust in Him. He is the truth
and only speaks the truth. He never changes His mind. There is no problem, no
debt, no illness or fear, too big for God to handle. I do not pretend to
understand why it is sometimes so difficult to place our complete trust in God,
but I do know, if we ask Him for trust in Him – He will answer.
“Blessed is the man
who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by
water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat
comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for
it does not cease to bear fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV)
I have never asked for prayer in my blogs – but for me,
it’s been a messy year.
Your prayers are always most welcome!
Lovingly in Christ,
Megan
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