Trust in the Lord

"Don't worry about how things look.  

God is able." 

 Marshawn Evans

These are certainly uncertain times...to some they have never looked so uncertain!  We are all self-isolated, away from friends and family, unable to be in church, and find ourselves wondering who to really trust.  Isaiah found himself in a similar place.  He had just been commissioned to lead a fairly rebellious, stiff-necked group.  The people were conspiring and denying the existence of God and the Lord gave him instructions to lead them.  Isaiah was determined and told them: "I will put my trust in God." (Isaiah 8:17)  He didn't question what his job was and he didn't question how wrong it would be to put his faith in a world system that rejected God.  Why would we?

In this uncertain time, we must have "Godfidence"...confidence in a holy and powerful God...the one who created the heavens and the earth...is in control today.  So I will wear a shirt that tells people that is what I believe:

I want to have the faith of David standing before Goliath...a huge giant with metal armor and weapons.  David didn't shrink back and say he couldn't do something...he trusted the same God who had helped him in prior trials and used a puny rock and sling to slay the giant.  That is the same God who will help us today.  To trust in something is to believe in its reliability, to know enough about that person that He is who He says He is and that He will do what He says He will do.  His Word is full of reassurances that He knows the way we take, He will never leave us or forsake us and that if we will dwell with Him, we can rest in Him.   That will require us to make a choice to receive the Son He sent as our Savior and to follow Him and release our own control.  Someone once said: "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."  I don't have to know how this virus mess is going to end before I trust the God who holds the universe together.  He is able and He is good.

I'm reading A CONFIDENT HEART by Renee Swope and she says:

The only way we'll have a confident heart is if we move beyond

knowing about God to knowing and relying on Him - to depending

on His Word with our whole heart, mind and soul.

"Godfidence" is what we all need today to know that God is able to not only help our world in this current crisis, but His plans will not be thwarted.  If our leaders choose to use their own wisdom, God's will will be done.  That's my confidence today and in the future.

For further study:   Psalm 37:3, Psalm 75:3,  Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 40:28-31, Jeremiah 17:7, Matthew 11:28-30, Romans 8:38-39, Phil. 4:6-9, Hebrews 11:1, 1 John 5:14

Be blessed in your understanding of God's Word.

Love,

Holly