"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."
I think this is the hardest part of my journey, to trust, and yet it's one of the most important things in my faith walk. I believe that I struggle not because God has ever let me down but because others in life have disappointed or have broken my heart. Sometimes it's me that I find hard to trust. Our Father tells us in His word to place our trust in Him, why do you think that is? Maybe because He already knew that we'd let one another down or that we'd let ourselves down. Somehow we turn those times into excuses for not trusting in the God who brought us into existence, who came in the form of man just to save us and who continues to show us grace and mercies each day even when we deserve the least.
Recently my Pastor in a sermon said "why do we worry when God already has been to our tomorrow". That hit me so hard and really drove home to me that I have absolutely nothing to fear or worry about in this life because my God, the God who loves everything about me (even the broken parts) made me who I am. He has already taken care of my tomorrow and does that for me each and every new day.
We are God's beloved, in Him we can place our trust and be confident in the moments to come because His word has told us so and because He has shown us time and time again. His word has told us that He has a plan, a hope and future for each of us. This world can let us down, our family, our friends... they all can disappoint us but we have Jesus who will never foresake us. In Him can we place our trust. Our currency says in God we trust, if only we could really begin to do that, starting with ourselves, to be a nation that again trusts in the power of the Father.
How many times have you turned something over to God just to take it back and think you can do it on your own? Where is your trust? Maybe it's time to let it go, to fully turn your life over to God and see what He wants for your life. Maybe it's time to be mighty oaks planted by the waters, growing deep roots in faith and trust that the Living Water will never run dry instead of pine trees who easily blow over because their roots are too shallow to sustain the gusty winds.
Blessings,
Heather
