Lately I've been faced with the temptation to put my trust in things other than Jesus, in other people, in getting back to normal, in my future, in my self, in having it all together.....the list could go on and on. Circumstantial hope. Thats one way me putting my trust in things or people manifests itself. And lack of joy- because all these things seem to look satisfying in the moment, but in the end, they all lead me to more of myself, more lies, further from Christ.
Sometimes I wish I could just push a button and just automatically trust completely and fully in God, but it doesnt work that way. God puts you through things that you dont like so that you learn to choose Him, and get more of Him, and experience Him, realizing He is all that can really ever truly satisfy you. The other day I spent my time with God talking to Him about ways I dont believe that He is all I need, and just asking Him to help me not trust anything else with all my heart BUT Him! I read some verses that really pricked my heart-
Psalm 146:3
"Dont put your trust in princes, in mortal men who cant save."
Isaiah 2:22
"Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?"
James 4:14
"Why, you dont even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes."
These things are SO important..where is my trust every single day? In having more time to reflect and rest lately, I've really had to repent of the ways that I become my own anchor in my heart, and I function as my own savior. Or I replace it with someone else, something else, some other end. Right now I know God is giving me these things in my life so that I can learn what it looks like to trust HIm more, trust Him completely, with all my heart for today, not worrying about tomorrow.
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