Life feels like one long trust lesson… as if God created earth and humans to see if we would actually listen and obey. The never-ending question being: “Will you trust Me?” The first response was a quick “yes” …until the thought appeared, “I can do this myself.”
Many generations and no-end-of-trouble later… I’m faced with that silent question every day: “Will you trust Me?” Over and over in a million different scenarios, will I submit to God? To know what’s best for me? To guard and protect those I love? To give exactly what’s needed today? To simply look to and rest in The Author and Perfecter of my faith?
Peace, be still.
I love to imagine heaven and the life I’ll have after this one. Searching through scripture from Genesis to Revelation is eye-opening, but frustratingly incomplete. So many questions remain. How will I view my time on earth? What effects does life today have on eternity? Can I possibly grasp the worth of all the gifts and opportunities I’ve been given? Were Adam and Eve the only humans to fully realize -squandered blessings?
Seeing clearly that life is fleeting and Jesus is closer to returning than He was yesterday makes me focus on what’s truly important. I trust Him, because He is God and I am not. I love Him, because He 1st loved me. I love and forgive others, because I am loved and forgiven. I live and die for Him, because Jesus lived and died and rose again for me!
Trusting God (no matter what) seems to be the key to abundant life here on earth and glorious living in heaven with Him. Help us trust You more, LORD!
ForGlorySake! -Anna
