Trust fall on the Lord

Do you believe God is good? Do you believe He is perfect? Do you believe He has a purpose and plan for your life? Do you understand that the Lord will never leave you or forsake you and that knows us better than we know ourselves? Do you know that you know that He loves you? If you answered yes to any or all of those questions, then let me ask this: "Why do we struggle with fully trusting Him?"

If He is all of those things, does all of those things, knows all of those things, (and so much more,) then why do we doubt His faithfulness? Why do we worry about our future? Why do we struggle with obeying and following Him sometimes? You might say; I do trust Him. Maybe we say it, but our actions and thoughts don't always show it. Deep down, if we are relationship with the Lord, we know we CAN trust Him, we think we trust Him, but we sometimes give in to fear, doubt, worry, unbelief. We might not admit it or even realize it. But we do. We are not perfect. We forget what He has done for us and who He is. If we fully understood the depths of who He is, we would not be human. We can never fully grasp just how much He loves us. Just how good He is. But I know I went to spend my life getting to know Him more and more. Growing to trust him more and more.

Have you ever heard the saying: "Trust needs to be earned."? Well let me ask you this, has God earned your trust? Really and truly? Look at everything He has done for you: dying on the cross for your sins, forgiving you for everything you've ever done and will do, welcoming you into an intimate relationship with Him personally, never leaving you or forsaking you, and so much more, is not deserving of your trust, then I don't know what is.

Think about someone in your life who you trust. As an example, I trust my dad. He always gives me wisdom, he loves me and shows me affection, he has compassion and forgiveness when I make mistakes, the list goes on. Is he perfect? Absolutely not. Does he make mistakes? Of course. But do I still trust him? Absolutely. How much more can we trust our Heavenly father, who never needs to apologize to us? Who loves us unconditionally and always takes care of us? You might say, well what about these bad things that have happened to me? Why wasn't God taking care of me? Guess what? There's an answer.

Say you fall down and scrape your knee. Or someone else is mean to you and says hurtful things. Is that your dad's fault? No, of course not. Taking care of you means that when you go to him, he cleans your wound and gives you a band-aid. He encourages you and speaks truth over the awful things that people said. That is what taking care of you means. And in the same way, our heavenly Father is someone we can always turn to when bad things happen, because He will comfort us and bring healing. He is always taking care of you. You can trust Him.

You might think, well He is God, and He can do ANYTHING! So why doesn't he stop the bad things from happening in the first place? If God did not allow ANY BAD THING to ever happen, then there would be no free will. People's right to choose right from wrong would be taken away, because they could never commit a wrong. God loves each of us enough that He allows us free will. This means that some people will choose to hurt others. But it also means that others will choose to follow Him and put their trust in Him. And when we do, He will never let us go. Because He is a good Father. WE CAN TRUST HIM! I choose today to do a trust fall into the arms of the Lord. I jump, and know that He will catch me. I fall, and I know that He will grab me and hold me tight. He will never let me go. Do you trust the Lord today? Jump. Take a leap of faith. Because He will catch you.

Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight."