ITSHOLWCS Part 6: Trust

I have a picture up in my room (this one is more leaning against the wall than hanging on it. But that is just a mere detail - right!?) of a hand holding the ropes of a swing between two fingers. There is a girl swinging on the swing in what seems like mid-air. The words on the picture say "Will you trust me?" and Proverbs 3:5-6 "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."

Once again, I have my beloved dictionary next to me and have looked up a few words.

Trust: assured reliance on the character, strength, or truth of someone or something; a basis of reliance, faith or hope; confident hope.
All: the whole of
Heart: one's innermost being; center; the essential part
Lean: to rely on for support
Understanding: to grasp the meaning of; comprehend
Acknowledge: to recognize the rights or authority of; to admit as true
Make: to cause to be or become; appoint
Path: route or course
Straight: Not wandering from the main point or proper course.

With these definitions - I have rewritten the verses:

"Have a confident hope and an assured reliance on the charater, strength and truth of the Lord with the whole of your innermost being. Do not rely on your own grasp of the meaning of things for support, but in all things recognize God's authority over your ways and He will appoint your course, keeping you from wandering from the main point."

In the past few months God has set me on a faith journey unlike one I have ever been on. And the two words that He keeps coming back to me with are "trust me!" I admit, I am struggling with that. The promises that He has given me seem impossible. But I realize in the midst of it that I am relying on my own grasp of the meaning of the situation. And my finite mind cannot grasp all that God is and is capable of doing. Slowly, I am learning to look at God's character, His power, and His truth. I am not completely there yet - but have a great desire to have a confident hope in all that He IS. Which has a direct affect on all that He DOES. It is when I recognize His power and surrender to that authority - acknowledging that I have no control over my life and it is He who appoints my course - then I am freed up - and He steps in and keeps me from wandering away from that course. All of this seems like quite the daunting task to me - but that is why I need to release it all to Him - and He takes care of it.

I have come a long way in the last few months. You would think that trusting in the all-powerful God would not be a tough thing. But it seems that it is much easier to trust in myself b/c then I seem to have control. Things are not always what they seem. :) Everyday I have a choice to trust in the unseen, or to trust in what I see. Today I choose to trust and to hope in what is unseen. Lord, help me to make the same choice tomorrow.