The Trust Cycle
This weekend was a blessed yet incredibly busy one. It was not in the Christmas preparations I’ve been caught up in but came joyfully in the work of sharing the Good News with others. On Saturday, I had the great privilege of leading a women’s retreat on Seeking to Trust God. Not an easy feat for anyone — to trust an unseen Deity, let’s face it most of us find it hard enough to trust those in our lives we can see.
How Trust is Built
Trust is often built through a series of needs being met by the other, from a history of seeing them in a role of trustworthiness, and from getting to know the other intimately (this does not mean physically but to grow to know each other’s heart). That is the same for our growing to Trust in God. It is not instantaneous because He is God – though all things are possible through His Grace. If that was His Will, it certainly could be. For most of us, we are allowed this growing in trust through the gift of our free will. We therefore can choose to seek to know, love, and eventually trust the God of the universe. How amazing that God would allow us this gift of discovery, this gift of hope, and ultimately this gift of great Love!
Godcidence and a Good Book
Saturday night when I opened up Chapter 7 (of When Faith Feels Fragile), I actually LOL’d.. aka laughed out loud — the theme of that day’s reading: Trust. There are truly no coincidence in faith (or life for that matter) only what I call – Godcidence! As I read the words on page 28, “We may fear that to trust God is to risk losing our identity,” it was perfectly aligned with the message the Holy Spirit had put on my heart to share with the woman during the retreat.
To trust God completely, we have to surrender ourselves and be open to the idea that although we may not see it in our current circumstances, God ALWAYS has our best interest at heart. What God wants for us, more than we even want it ourselves, is to be with Him for all eternity in heaven!! And in case I wasn’t yet convinced that God had guided our retreat, I saw then these words from R. Scott Hurd, “This is known as ‘surrender’. Doing it won’t wipe out our identity. It will just wipe our out selfishness”
Incredible Blessings
3 Favorite Scriptures on Trusting God
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight. ~ Proverbs 3:5-6
Delight yourself in the Lord;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it. ~ Psalm 37:4-5
Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. ~ John 14:1-3
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