Yesterday I talked about placing our trust in God and not in the "stuff" of this world. Indeed it is very difficult to fully place our trust in God; but oh the blessings that come when we do. So many things in this world distract us, entice us, attract us, worry us, and confuse us that our trust is misplaced in things other than God.
Truly, we should be putting our trust in God daily. But what does that look like?
You have been told "Trust in God" - you have been told "Trust God with it." To me, it is all about a giving up and a handing over. To trust in God, we are to give up what we are holding to. Romans 15:13 says "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." If God is to fill us, we must be emptied. If we are to be filled with his joy and peace we must give up our selfishness, our pride, our anxiety, our fear, our greed....easier said that done right! Maybe so, but that is what trust is about. As we hand over our "stuff" and "ourselves" then we will "overflow with hope" given us by the "power of the Holy Spirit."
What are you trusting in today that is not God? Lay it down - hand it over - give it up and do a trust fall into the arms of Jesus. Be brave enough to lay it down. He will catch you every time and he will deliver you through each day, each moment, each second. And when Jesus catches you he will fill you with all the joy and peace you could ever imagine - no matter the season of your life.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Trust
Boy it has been a while since I last posted. My apologies.
It had to be you!!! You had to be the one picked!!! WHY???? You're at children's camp or a youth retreat, or maybe a company retreat and the director tells the group that you are about to do a fun exercise to create trust among the group. So the director goes on to describe what is commonly called "The Trust Fall". You're thinking to yourself "SWEEEET - I finally get to drop that punk on his head and make him pay for what he has done to me." But then, the director looks at YOU, not the punk, but YOU and asks YOU to go up on the incredibly high platform and he asks YOU to put your trust in your friends, youth group, coworkers, and he wants YOU to fall backwards into the group. "WHY?????"
Trust is difficult isn't it? We often do not trust others, because we have seen them let us down before. But why is it that we do not trust in God?
Psalm 20:7 says "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the Name of the Lord our God." I know you're probably not like me, but so often in my life I have put my trust in things. I have placed my trust in my job, my money, my home, my car, and my stuff. I trust that these things will bring me peace, happiness, security, hope, and so on. Therefore, when times are a little difficult, my stress level goes through the roof, because my trust in my stuff.
As my Pastor Shane Freeman has reminded me quite often lately, "All this is gonna burn!" Indeed it will. All this STUFF will burn, and is going to burn one day. What remains is God. What remains is 'Faith, Hope, and Love.' David reminds us so beautifully in Psalm 20 that our trust is to be in our God.
I think most of us would gladly "say" that we trust in God and that we want to trust in God alone. However, we are so often guilty of trusting in God, but trying to trust in other things at the same time. What a dangerous game we play!!! Our trust is to be in God alone.
So where is our trust today? Are we trusting in our stuff? Or, will we trust in the Lord our God.
It had to be you!!! You had to be the one picked!!! WHY???? You're at children's camp or a youth retreat, or maybe a company retreat and the director tells the group that you are about to do a fun exercise to create trust among the group. So the director goes on to describe what is commonly called "The Trust Fall". You're thinking to yourself "SWEEEET - I finally get to drop that punk on his head and make him pay for what he has done to me." But then, the director looks at YOU, not the punk, but YOU and asks YOU to go up on the incredibly high platform and he asks YOU to put your trust in your friends, youth group, coworkers, and he wants YOU to fall backwards into the group. "WHY?????"
Trust is difficult isn't it? We often do not trust others, because we have seen them let us down before. But why is it that we do not trust in God?
Psalm 20:7 says "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the Name of the Lord our God." I know you're probably not like me, but so often in my life I have put my trust in things. I have placed my trust in my job, my money, my home, my car, and my stuff. I trust that these things will bring me peace, happiness, security, hope, and so on. Therefore, when times are a little difficult, my stress level goes through the roof, because my trust in my stuff.
As my Pastor Shane Freeman has reminded me quite often lately, "All this is gonna burn!" Indeed it will. All this STUFF will burn, and is going to burn one day. What remains is God. What remains is 'Faith, Hope, and Love.' David reminds us so beautifully in Psalm 20 that our trust is to be in our God.
I think most of us would gladly "say" that we trust in God and that we want to trust in God alone. However, we are so often guilty of trusting in God, but trying to trust in other things at the same time. What a dangerous game we play!!! Our trust is to be in God alone.
So where is our trust today? Are we trusting in our stuff? Or, will we trust in the Lord our God.
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