{"id":6968,"date":"2022-03-30T19:33:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T23:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/?p=6968"},"modified":"2022-03-30T19:44:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T23:44:30","slug":"earth-the-great-trust-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/30\/earth-the-great-trust-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth: The Great Trust Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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?”<\/strong> The first response was a quick “yes”<\/em> …until the thought appeared, “I can do this myself.”<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many generations and no-end-of-trouble later\u2026 I’m faced with that silent question every day: \u201cWill you trust Me?” <\/strong>Over and over in a million different scenarios, will I submit to God? <\/em>To know what\u2019s 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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace, be still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seeing clearly that life is fleeting and Jesus is closer to returning than He was yesterday<\/em> makes me focus on what’s truly important. I trust Him, because He is God<\/strong> and I am not<\/em>. I love Him, because He 1st loved me<\/strong>. I love and forgive others, because I am loved and forgiven<\/strong>. I live and die for Him, because Jesus lived and died and rose again for me!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trusting God (no matter what<\/em>) seems to be the key to abundant life here on earth and glorious living in heaven with Him. Help us trust You more, LORD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ForGlorySake!<\/strong> -Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 I know the ONE in whom I trust, and I am sure that HE is able to guard what I have entrusted to HIM until The Day of HIS return.<\/em><\/strong> 2 Timothy 1:12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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